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Help people affected by air pollution now help

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From: mcs
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:57
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> Please I>>ask for help when pollution goes to moderate point which is 
> often here I am being choked .If parts of country get clean air why can't 
> these big companies who make allot of money and get loans from President 
> make air cleaner for others ? I don't know if its because of Global 
> Warming  (more gasses in atmosphere ) or not, just that  I know its 
> happening though.
>>>
>>>>I ask someone to help stop this now please.
>>>> -----Truth is twisted by people in power  who are uncaring and evil;
>>>> the
>>>> same description our president uses to describe the terrorists.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I need help getting my message out, please write me or send to others
>>>>> if
>>>>> you can possibly help.
>>>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20060921/hl_hsn/pollutedairmightincreasestrokerisk
>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/us/22soot.html
>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/21/AR2006092101616.html
>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15196924/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I thought the President was in office to protect Americans, not 
>>>>>>default
>>>>>>with
>>>>>> possibly hurting or killing them yet he appointed,STEVEN Johnson head
>>>>>> of the
>>>>>> Epa (after Christie Whitman quit)  who has
>>>>>> has effectively c OVERRULED  his own epas recommended pollution
>>>>>> standard changes that Congress asks for every number of years. to
>>>>>> protect
>>>>>> Americans and instead claims we need more studies and instead accept
>>>>>> less
>>>>>> strident changes .
>>>>>> His idea of changes  are not the same of the findings by the vast
>>>>>> majority
>>>>>> of the experts
>>>>>> his own agency  runs ,
>>>>>> developed and voted on .  Experts from around the world
>>>>>> also voiced concern that the epa head was not adequately doing what 
>>>>>> he
>>>>>> could have to protect Americans. I of course from my own trouble
>>>>>> breathing in conditions Johnson doesn't want to change agree.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .SEEMS like the Presdent and  specifically Mr Johnson
>>>>>> Cant seem  to default on the side of safety ,even  when oil and coal
>>>>>> make
>>>>>> lots of money,and  could spend some to get their pollution to levels
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> are safer to people most affected .  When  people who study pollution
>>>>>> say
>>>>>> its effects are
>>>>>> bad
>>>>>> enough to need more rules for protecting Americans  ,   and we CAN DO
>>>>>> more
>>>>>> to help them stop
>>>>>> polluting or hurting people (and tens of thousands are now dying and
>>>>>> getting sick from it) who speaks for people affected? Who cares if 
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> die
>>>>>> because of GW's policy?    This isn't important? This is the point no
>>>>>> one cares to say or do more and if so why?  Seems like no one. Seems
>>>>>> like killing people or
>>>>>> making people sick as a policy is accepted somehow when corruption 
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> power has influenced values. Our President is a salesman and very
>>>>>> believable but where is the outrage that his decisions are actually 
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> possibly hurting and killing Americans? Why are people silent? Does
>>>>>> salesman ship allow for harming Americans? . If anyone else did thse
>>>>>> things for whatever
>>>>>> reason , it might be seen as murder but for our President to 
>>>>>> encourage
>>>>>> this  mess as policy when children and adults most affected might
>>>>>> suffer  more thru no fault of their own, is beyond scary. If if more
>>>>>> things were done to save them , then I might see rational reasons to
>>>>>> protect his interestes. . But as it is now its totally s
>>>>>> unbelievable that I can be made to gasp for air simply because they
>>>>>> can make more money doing so and this is good for profits and
>>>>>> Presidents supporters ? What if many of the people don't know why?
>>>
>>>>>>many of the most affected are poor , children and people who are
>>>>>>vulernable and need protection most.  including many from 
>>>>>>dysfunctional
>>>>>>families , yet they are without protection often enough the most.. 
>>>>>>Just
>>>>>>incredible...    They say our kids are
>>>>>> getting fat from not exercising. I live in this mess , I see the
>>>>>> desire
>>>>>> to exercise killed by accumulated soot and dirt  and my heart racing
>>>>>> just to labor to breath , and then the studies say to exercise in 
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> air is not good, yet everyone is quiet.. My gosh why?  Just because 
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> may not affect you don't mean its not happening ot others and we have
>>>>>> the rather conservative at times epa even admitting to this....What
>>>>>> happens to people over time who must endure this over and over again
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> nothing is done. If one thinks of people who are screwed I can't 
>>>>>> think
>>>>>> of people more then those who have to breath moderate or worse air
>>>>>> conditions over 200 times a year. They deserve a medal , not made to
>>>>>> give the companies that are killing them everything they got... for
>>>>>> crying out loud.  When oil and energy companies
>>>>>> interests come ahead of safety is the point that a criminal act 
>>>>>> occurs
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> propose... I guess they feel they
>>>>>> can charge consumers allot of money, then  make ill consumers from
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> pollution  thru no fault of consumers
>>>>>> who just are living downwind , then make them pay for it to treat
>>>>>> conditions of illness realized after they are dosed   and get away
>>>>>> with it knowing no one can sue them  , then  more money  and they
>>>>>> are allowed to keep doing it
>>>>>> because Republicans protecting this set up some might called a
>>>>>> conspiracy
>>>>>> to commit murder for profit >> When possible mass harm  comes when
>>>>>> these
>>>>>> companies and polluters are allowed to continue especially when in
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> day and age more can be done  is akin to a policy that allows for
>>>>>> polluters and companies in our US society the freedom to  murder>>and
>>>>>> get paid for it , something no other American can do in any way shape
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> form  in every other area of business or personal life .This is the
>>>>>> point in which someone should
>>>>>> protect Americans not propogate the polluters interests.  This is the
>>>>>> point where the most vulnerable need a voice in America , to protect
>>>>>> its
>>>>>> freedoms, and desire to live without undue harm  but incredibly we
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> as role models leaders who promote their continuted forced absorbtion
>>>>>> and most probably negative effects including death by sabotaging just
>>>>>> prudent methods to prtect them set up by Congress. How come no one
>>>>>> sees
>>>>>> this as murder or possible murder?  Not with news media not
>>>>>> caring......
>>>>>> .Wrong Role Models again
>>>>>> to show americans.
>>>> When inner city youth get poisoned why blame them for selling drugs 
>>>> when
>>>> they are bombarded with pollution? and maybe have dysfunctional
>>>> families.
>>>> Why care if our youth are getting fat in some places if they are warned
>>>> about going out in even moderate pollution days? Or if one in five kids
>>>> in
>>>> some communities have asthma? Is this freedom or the freedom to see 
>>>> mega
>>>> millionaires the freedom to murder people as policy in complete 
>>>> defiance
>>>> of the expected protection one might assume our govt should provide to
>>>> our
>>>> citizens?  Its simply incredible that this policy is promoted by 
>>>> someone
>>>> who was elected to protect us. We are not every other society who can't
>>>> do
>>>> more , we know better, we mandaged people to study it , I feel its
>>>> affects
>>>> and I am stating more proof can be had if enough links to the damage is
>>>> not already out there to show the associations of policy from this
>>>> admininstration is helping to kill or make sick many people . This 
>>>> makes
>>>> 9/ 11 look like a picnic.  >>> This starts to make our energy policy
>>>> comparable to the Tobacco companies
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> developing ways to safely poison people with the least amount of
>>>>>> attention
>>>>>> is paid to the consequences.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The denial industry
>>
>> For years, a network of fake citizens' groups and bogus scientific
>> bodies has been claiming that science of global warming is
>> inconclusive. They set back action on climate change by a decade. But
>> who funded them? Exxon's involvement is well known, but not the strange
>> role of Big Tobacco. In the first of three extracts from his new book,
>> George Monbiot tells a bizarre and shocking new story
>>
>> Tuesday September 19, 2006
>> The Guardian
>>
>> Exxon station in California
>> 'The impacts of the climate-change deniers sponsored by Exxon have been
>> felt all over the world.' Photograph: AP
>>
>> ExxonMobil is the world's most profitable corporation. Its sales now
>> amount to more than $1bn a day. It makes most of this money from oil,
>> and has more to lose than any other company from efforts to tackle
>> climate change. To safeguard its profits, ExxonMobil needs to sow doubt
>> about whether serious action needs to be taken on climate change. But
>> there are difficulties: it must confront a scientific consensus as
>> strong as that which maintains that smoking causes lung cancer or that
>> HIV causes Aids. So what's its strategy?
>>
>> Article continues
>> The website Exxonsecrets.org, using data found in the company's
>> official documents, lists 124 organisations that have taken money from
>> the company or work closely with those that have. These organisations
>> take a consistent line on climate change: that the science is
>> contradictory, the scientists are split, environmentalists are
>> charlatans, liars or lunatics, and if governments took action to
>> prevent global warming, they would be endangering the global economy
>> for no good reason. The findings these organisations dislike are
>> labelled "junk science". The findings they welcome are labelled "sound
>> science".
>>
>> Among the organisations that have been funded by Exxon are such
>> well-known websites and lobby groups as TechCentralStation, the Cato
>> Institute and the Heritage Foundation. Some of those on the list have
>> names that make them look like grassroots citizens' organisations or
>> academic bodies: the Centre for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global
>> Change, for example. One or two of them, such as the Congress of Racial
>> Equality, are citizens' organisations or academic bodies, but the line
>> they take on climate change is very much like that of the other
>> sponsored groups. While all these groups are based in America, their
>> publications are read and cited, and their staff are interviewed and
>> quoted, all over the world.
>>
>> By funding a large number of organisations, Exxon helps to create the
>> impression that doubt about climate change is widespread. For those who
>> do not understand that scientific findings cannot be trusted if they
>> have not appeared in peer-reviewed journals, the names of these
>> institutes help to suggest that serious researchers are challenging the
>> consensus.
>>
>> This is not to claim that all the science these groups champion is
>> bogus. On the whole, they use selection, not invention. They will find
>> one contradictory study - such as the discovery of tropospheric
>> cooling, which, in a garbled form, has been used by Peter Hitchens in
>> the Mail on Sunday - and promote it relentlessly. They will continue to
>> do so long after it has been disproved by further work. So, for
>> example, John Christy, the author of the troposphere paper, admitted in
>> August 2005 that his figures were incorrect, yet his initial findings
>> are still being circulated and championed by many of these groups, as a
>> quick internet search will show you.
>>
>> But they do not stop there. The chairman of a group called the Science
>> and Environmental Policy Project is Frederick Seitz. Seitz is a
>> physicist who in the 1960s was president of the US National Academy of
>> Sciences. In 1998, he wrote a document, known as the Oregon Petition,
>> which has been cited by almost every journalist who claims that climate
>> change is a myth.
>> The denial industry
>>
>> For years, a network of fake citizens' groups and bogus scientific
>> bodies has been claiming that science of global warming is
>> inconclusive. They set back action on climate change by a decade. But
>> who funded them? Exxon's involvement is well known, but not the strange
>> role of Big Tobacco. In the first of three extracts from his new book,
>> George Monbiot tells a bizarre and shocking new story
>>WHO calls for improved air quality, says pollution kills 2
>>>>>>>> million
>>>>>>>>      each year", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, October 5, 
>>>>>>>> 2006,
>>>>>>>>      Link: http://www.cbc.ca/cp/health/061005/x100522.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      The World Health Organization called on governments Thursday 
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> improve
>>>>>>>>      air quality in their cities, saying air pollution prematurely
>>>>>>>> kills
>>>>>>>> two
>>>>>>>>      million people a year, with more than half the deaths in
>>>>>>>> developing
>>>>>>>>      countries.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      Reducing pollution from particles that are too small to be
>>>>>>>> filtered
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>      the nose and throat and settle in the lungs could save as many
>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>>      300,000 lives every year, according to a statement issued by
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> WHO's
>>>>>>>>      regional office in Manila.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      Reducing levels of those extremely small particles - caused
>>>>>>>> primarily
>>>>>>>>      by the burning of fossil and other types of fuel - could cut
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> deaths
>>>>>>>>      from air pollution by about 15 per cent, said Maria Neira, the
>>>>>>>> WHO
>>>>>>>>      director for public health and the environment.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      It also could cut the global burden of disease from 
>>>>>>>> respiratory
>>>>>>>>      infections, heart disease and lung cancer, she said.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      Particulate matter pollution is considered the biggest health
>>>>>>>> risk.
>>>>>>>> But
>>>>>>>>      the WHO Air Quality Guidelines also recommended lowering the
>>>>>>>> daily
>>>>>>>>      allowed limits for ozone.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      That represents a challenge especially for developing 
>>>>>>>> countries
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>      numerous sunny days when ozone concentrations reach the 
>>>>>>>> highest
>>>>>>>> levels,
>>>>>>>>      causing respiratory problems and asthma attacks, WHO said. The
>>>>>>>>      guidelines also cut the sulfur dioxide limits.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      Many countries around the world do not have regulations for 
>>>>>>>> air
>>>>>>>>      pollution, which makes control virtually impossible.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      WHO said the new guidelines, which were established after
>>>>>>>> worldwide
>>>>>>>>      consultation with more than 80 leading scientists, provide the
>>>>>>>> basis
>>>>>>>>      for all countries to build their own air quality standards and
>>>>>>>> policies
>>>>>>>>      supporting health.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>
>> > I ask and beg is this freedom or murder?
>> -----Truth is twisted by people in power  who are uncaring and evil;  the
>> same description our president uses to describe the terrorists.
>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gives new meaning to wrong role models
>>>>>>>> You can contact me at  mcsantipollution@yahoo.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> before you tell me I am just complaining for being a liberal or
>>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>>> , this is not true. I have values some conservative and some 
>>>>>>>> liberal
>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>> with the intent of doing the right thing and with pollution and
>>>>>>>> global
>>>>>>>> warming issue, its based on good common sense and practical values
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> doing the right thing . Also if  potential violence comes your way,
>>>>>>>> people
>>>>>>>> have a right to defend themselves and I am doing it in the most non
>>>>>>>> violent way I know. Something is not right in our
>>>>>>>> energy policy  when I have to endure over 200 days of air that is
>>>>>>>> bad
>>>>>>>> enough to be described as killing thousands and making sick earlier
>>>>>>>> ,
>>>>>>>> and when my lungs constrict
>>>>>>>> and its broken whether its because of politics or something
>>>>>>>> I am not
>>>>>>>> aware of like CIA policy  or something. but whatever I know when my
>>>>>>>> lungs
>>>>>>>> constrict this to me is murder and someday they should pay for this
>>>>>>>> damage and
>>>>>>>> I also state this poisoning can be shown to be real by comparing 
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> health and health care costs of two different populations , those
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> live in most polluted cities and those that don't. The recent
>>>>>>>> longevity
>>>>>>>> study shows hints of what do those comparisons would show..  The
>>>>>>>> people
>>>>>>>> who live longest usually are  in clean air and those
>>>>>>>> that don't usually are not in that clean air. . I know when more
>>>>>>>> studies
>>>>>>>> could show conclusively the damage
>>>>>>>> being done but if the major news don't care to show you of damage 
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>> same internet links I don't have faith that any studies will show
>>>>>>>> up..
>>>>>>>> I know when politicians refuse to answer me that something
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> amiss. . In one aspect we have
>>>>>>>> worked hard to provide standards for pollution and monitoring and
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> identifying
>>>>>>>> polluntants and levels which are fairly accurate sometimes even if 
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> think their
>>>>>> judgement  in its total damage affects are something understated, 
>>>>>> like
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> moderate*
>>>>>> level " for particulates which automatically make me sick and epa
>>>>>> warns
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> sensiteve about  going out,  is not really moderate  and should not 
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> called that)
>>>>>> more so probably then any
>>>>>>>> country on
>>>>>>>> earth and the people who worked so hard in doing that at the epa
>>>>>>>> should
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>> commended and applauded , but on another level we now have people
>>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>>> want
>>>>>>>> to gut epas hard
>>>>>>>> work  , even however conservtive they have been and they happen to
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>> George Bush and republicans appointed by our
>>>>>>>> President. This gives new meaning to the phrase elected to office 
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> protect Americans.. So I am not just
>>>>>>>> this conspiracy laiden person thinking we are totally always wrong
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> every issue,
>>>>>>>> , but on this issue  somehow we have in place a system and agency
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> tried to do
>>>>>>>> something to monitor this mess and promote protection while we have
>>>>>>>> others
>>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>>> are trying to gut  their efforts to safeguard Americans.. If thats
>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> the  story it might not be
>>>>>>>> so bad, but this effort  of trying to sabotage those who are here 
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> protect *(epa)
>>>>>>>> you , by our own President  ( of all people) is  responsible or
>>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>> responsible for the death and illness of  millions of people
>>>>>>>> often based on govt own standards and
>>>>>>>> nothing is done to protect the people most negatively affected /
>>>>>>>> How
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> this good, or why isn't this at least as important as any other
>>>>>>>> issue
>>>>>>>> yet
>>>>>>>> it gets little attention, at least the pollution part. At least
>>>>>>>> detemine who would get the worse brunt of this pollution and  make
>>>>>>>> changes
>>>>>>>> to those polluters in those  areas but NOT to be . so we can't seem
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> make changes that would limit the most amount of these polluntants 
>>>>>>>> ,
>>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>>> outright  while the  polluntants and its affects go on.Just because
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> doesn't affect you doesn't mean it doesn't affect others. Go to
>>>>>>>> airnow
>>>>>>>> website and look at particulate and when it gets above good, expect
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> stats to show worse longevity, worse conditions of health and 
>>>>>>>> worse
>>>>>>>> conditions of productivity. oil and energy allowable pollution
>>>>>>>> overpass protection of many americans for decades... Its
>>>>>>>> really
>>>>>>>> incredible that we have a President establishing values by default
>>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>>> possibly can be accepting harming the people he was elected to
>>>>>>>> protect
>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>> and  worse by ignoring all efforts or nullifying the rules ends up
>>>>>>>> killing
>>>>>>>> or making sick ( like me) lots of
>>>>>>>> people. for the sake of oil. Some say the cost of lost productivity
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> illness is in the billions when weighed against the cost of making
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> changes that would side with cleaner air sooner.This from a
>>>>>>>> President
>>>>>>>> ... UNBELIEVABLE
>>>>>>>> Unbelievable . If you ask me isn't this murder for profit? .. Just
>>>>>>>> because its not affecting you don't mean its not happening. When I
>>>>>>>> am
>>>>>>>> stating I am being murdered and others are getting sick and no one
>>>>>>>> cares to find out if what I say is true something is a conspiracy
>>>>>>>> ..to
>>>>>>>> keep this murder from the public, its very clear how the holocaust
>>>>>>>> happened and no one cared . Truth is twisted by people who are
>>>>>>>> uncaring
>>>>>>>> and evil the same description our president uses to describe the
>>>>>>>> terrorists.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In a court of law when someone comes to kill you even if the
>>>>>>>>> primary
>>>>>>>>> intent
>>>>>>>>> was not do that but ends up hurting you or killing you anyway, 
>>>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>> held
>>>>>>>>> responsible for deadly assault or murder, for polluters they get 
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> keep
>>>>>>>>> doing it and make a profit Now I read they are scrambling to make
>>>>>>>>> changes or have lawyers describe what they have been doing in ways
>>>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>>>> won't be sued in the future. Why is this even needed if they 
>>>>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>>>>> know
>>>>>>>>> they were poisoning people in the first place. Its not that we
>>>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>>>> want to throw out their energy or cars, we just want them to
>>>>>>>>> protect
>>>>>>>>> people who are being made to breathe this mess be making whatever
>>>>>>>>> changes is necessary now to protect people . .Why be surprised I
>>>>>>>>> fight
>>>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>>>> hard to protect
>>>>>>>>> myself and others if I think this damage is happening? Its because
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> think it is and everyone responsible in power or in office  in 
>>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>>> way
>>>>> should know  of the importance ,   but not sure how to go about it
>>>>> doing
>>>>> more for some reason.
>>>>>>>>> . Part of the reason is because many people don't suffer the
>>>>>>>>> consequences directly like me or live in polluted areas, part of 
>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> because the polluters political power circumvent those who need to
>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>> protected and part of it is many consumers are not told of the
>>>>>>>>> damage
>>>>>>>>> happening. and part of it is because its affects target the poor 
>>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> expense of oil and energy and pharmaceutical companies.
>>>>>>>>>  Has anyone cared to see if more people or some
>>>>>>>>>> people are being murdered or adversely affected more often  then
>>>>>>>>>> others
>>>>>>>>>> because of  high levels of polluntants in the air?  Has anyone
>>>>>>>>>> cared
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> determine if the number of people adversely affected from air
>>>>>>>>>> pollution
>>>>>>>>>> is directly related to the number of days they have to breathe
>>>>>>>>>> these
>>>>>>>>>> toxin compared to those that don't?    I think our govt that 
>>>>>>>>>> often
>>>>>>>>>> sets
>>>>>>>>>> standards should monitor the degree in which some people suffer
>>>>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>>> air pollution  then others and mandate policy in those areas so
>>>>>>>>>> that polluters don't have a green light to profit when that 
>>>>>>>>>> damage
>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>> causing harm , sometimes irreversible harm.  Not doing anything
>>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>>> this pollution or who causes it and why is  or should be 
>>>>>>>>>> criminal.
>>>>>>>>>> My
>>>>>>>>>> belief is some people more then others are being poisoned, and 
>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>> losing
>>>>>>>>>> their health and even lives not only from asthma and lung disease
>>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>> cancer and heart disesae ,  way earlier and even dying thru no
>>>>>>>>>> fault
>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>> their own. On
>>>>>>>>>> top of this they are paying more for this forced lost of health .
>>>>>>>>>> If
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> govt provides a website that measures this mess then obvious 
>>>>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>> contradiction somewhere , when someone in current  a political
>>>>>>>>>> power
>>>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>>>> ignore the govt mandated results and play down the e consequences
>>>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>>> appointing people who can stop the agencies recommendation like
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> epa
>>>>>>>>>> director ties to Oil company favorite George Bush.  So how does
>>>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>>> determine what is safe amount of poisons and toxic particulates 
>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>> how
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> control the levels   if the people who monitor the poisons end up
>>>>>>>>>> being
>>>>>>>>>> paid supporters of the companies that are pumping the poisons 
>>>>>>>>>> out?
>>>>>>>>>> The
>>>>>>>>>> answer you can't.
>>>>>> "WHO calls for improved air quality, says pollution kills 2
>>>>>>>>>> million
>>>>>>>>>>      each year", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, October 5,
>>>>>>>>>> 2006,
>>>>>>>>>>      Link: http://www.cbc.ca/cp/health/061005/x100522.html
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      The World Health Organization called on governments Thursday
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> improve
>>>>>>>>>>      air quality in their cities, saying air pollution 
>>>>>>>>>> prematurely
>>>>>>>>>> kills
>>>>>>>>>> two
>>>>>>>>>>      million people a year, with more than half the deaths in
>>>>>>>>>> developing
>>>>>>>>>>      countries.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      Reducing pollution from particles that are too small to be
>>>>>>>>>> filtered
>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>      the nose and throat and settle in the lungs could save as
>>>>>>>>>> many
>>>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>>>>      300,000 lives every year, according to a statement issued by
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> WHO's
>>>>>>>>>>      regional office in Manila.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      Reducing levels of those extremely small particles - caused
>>>>>>>>>> primarily
>>>>>>>>>>      by the burning of fossil and other types of fuel - could cut
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> deaths
>>>>>>>>>>      from air pollution by about 15 per cent, said Maria Neira,
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> WHO
>>>>>>>>>>      director for public health and the environment.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      It also could cut the global burden of disease from
>>>>>>>>>> respiratory
>>>>>>>>>>      infections, heart disease and lung cancer, she said.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      Particulate matter pollution is considered the biggest 
>>>>>>>>>> health
>>>>>>>>>> risk.
>>>>>>>>>> But
>>>>>>>>>>      the WHO Air Quality Guidelines also recommended lowering the
>>>>>>>>>> daily
>>>>>>>>>>      allowed limits for ozone.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      That represents a challenge especially for developing
>>>>>>>>>> countries
>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>      numerous sunny days when ozone concentrations reach the
>>>>>>>>>> highest
>>>>>>>>>> levels,
>>>>>>>>>>      causing respiratory problems and asthma attacks, WHO said.
>>>>>>>>>> The
>>>>>>>>>>      guidelines also cut the sulfur dioxide limits.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      Many countries around the world do not have regulations for
>>>>>>>>>> air
>>>>>>>>>>      pollution, which makes control virtually impossible.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      WHO said the new guidelines, which were established after
>>>>>>>>>> worldwide
>>>>>>>>>>      consultation with more than 80 leading scientists, provide
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> basis
>>>>>>>>>>      for all countries to build their own air quality standards
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> policies
>>>>>>>>>>      supporting health.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     >>>> In America I am stating that people who get more of this
>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>> are at a
>>>>>>>>>> distinct disadvantage and should be warned in advanced  or
>>>>>>>>>> companies
>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>> mandated to stop or limit their exhausts of this so the levels
>>>>>>>>>> become
>>>>>>>>>> better and more inline to acceptable standards most everyone else
>>>>>>>>>> gets
>>>>>>>>>> and where warnings to go out are no longer expected.... Its 
>>>>>>>>>> ironic
>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>>> level we have measured the standards and on another someone has
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> gall
>>>>>>>>>> to ignore its affects. This again is criminal or should be and 
>>>>>>>>>> its
>>>>>>>>>> murder. The links to particulates and ill health are out there. I
>>>>>>>>>> personally automatically shut down and have asthma when those
>>>>>>>>>> levels
>>>>>>>>>> fall
>>>>>>>>>> out of the good zone.And the number of days this happens keeps
>>>>>>>>>> increasing. What tv weather calls great days are many times full
>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>> pollution levels because the drugs needed to treat this poison 
>>>>>>>>>> pay
>>>>>>>>>> them millions to advertise their allergy and asthma drugs and
>>>>>>>>>> inhalers
>>>>>>>>>> and hospitals.. Don't take my word for it. look up the number of
>>>>>>>>>> links
>>>>>>>>>> of people with asthma in this region ( some say one in five
>>>>>>>>>> children)
>>>>>>>>>> Ask the pharmacies in this region what percent asthma meds take 
>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>> number of prescriptions, take a look at my filter furnances, look
>>>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>>>> the American Lung Associations rating of F for this region,,,look
>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>> longevity study and see how our area has more cancer and heart
>>>>>>>>>> disease
>>>>>>>>>> and thus , someone is obviously ignoring the health of people in
>>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>>> region and its criminal . Someone has accurately defined the
>>>>>>>>>> actual
>>>>>>>>>> amounts
>>>>>>>>>> that affect me and hs done a good job , warning people of the
>>>>>>>>>> consequences on one particular website but without anyway to
>>>>>>>>>> counter
>>>>>>>>>> those warnings people are left with no way to adjust to it 
>>>>>>>>>> ,except
>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>> Republicans who support the polluters to try to limit the epas
>>>>>>>>>> ability
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> help people who are affected by calling on more studies. The tv
>>>>>>>>>> news
>>>>>>>>>> is silent... . This is murder again. >>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Finally in short, the tests to prove what I am saying about some
>>>>>>>> people
>>>>>>>> being poisoned more then others could easily be had by comparing
>>>>>>>> peoples
>>>>>>>> health and healthcare costs from those getting more pollution to
>>>>>>>> those
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> don't.  and comparing overall health  in those two distinct areas
>>>>>>>> taking
>>>>>>>> out factors like addictions and assuming people eating near or same
>>>>>>>> diets. This will show that much damage and irreversible diseases go
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> places that have to absorb more of these days of bad air and total
>>>>>>>> toxins
>>>>>>>> then those that don't. Someone needs thusly to do something
>>>>>>>> immediately
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> limit those toxins and  at least mandate that those politicians who
>>>>>>>> sabotage
>>>>>>>> those efforts stop doing so immediately and listen to gov officials
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> pollution experts who did such a fine job in determining how much
>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>> poisoing people to begin with. Somehow the politicians who sponser
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> polluntants want to now change which levels of these polluntants 
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> deemed
>>>>>>>> dangerous. Murder legitimized again. Its one thing to pay allot or
>>>>>>>> thru
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> nose for energy , its another to help make sick those same people
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>> politicians protect the people who sabotage  any sane effort to
>>>>>>>> control
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> damage they are responsible for. its certainly not because they are
>>>>>>>> too
>>>>>>>> poor
>>>>>>>> to do it so it seems.....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> NOT Do anything that would provide prudant safeguards for people 
>>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>>> end
>>>>>>>> up
>>>>>>>> being unfairly victims  for people who profit from this mess or who
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> polluting more then other places
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      I think just as transcripts
>>>>>>>>>>      said Tobacco execs knew of the damages and was heard talking
>>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>      oil and
>>>>>>>>>>      car makers and coal polluters will one day say they knew of
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> pollution
>>>>>>>>>>      and were glad the liberals and poor from inner city were
>>>>>>>>>> being
>>>>>>>>>> tortured by
>>>>>>>>>>      their companies exhausts.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> Mass poisoning of people makes 9/11 look like a 
>>>>>>>>>> picnic
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> Bush
>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> link or cause
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> it. We can do more now, we don't have to pretend we
>>>>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>>>>> know
>>>>>>>>>> of the
>>>>>>>>>> damage.Some people   CARED like Christie Whitman and Al Gore
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> others didn't ,  even promoted this murder policy that is
>>>>>>>>>> going
>>>>>>>>>> on.
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> Its
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> the point that we know all this, can do more and 
>>>>>>>>>> still
>>>>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> that really gets to me on top of the physical
>>>>>>>>>> discomfort
>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>> being
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> choked
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> with asthma only on these days and those days are
>>>>>>>>>> numerous.
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> I live it every year in this helll hole. Where over
>>>>>>>>>> 175
>>>>>>>>>> days
>>>>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>>>>> far
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> air
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> out of the good zone which keeps increasing yearly.
>>>>>>>>>> Where
>>>>>>>>>> my lungs constrict,. where
>>>>>>>>>> peoples
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> atttiudes
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> rotten, where drinking and drugging might be
>>>>>>>>>> appropriate
>>>>>>>>>> response to
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> being
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> poisoned, many are jobless and mean spirited and
>>>>>>>>>> violent
>>>>>>>>>> crime rate that keeps rising, then they
>>>>>>>>>> tell
>>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> our
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> crime rate that keeps increasing, but no links to
>>>>>>>>>> pollution!
>>>>>>>>>> We
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> are being poisoned. If your not affected and many
>>>>>>>>>> aren't
>>>>>>>>>> ,
>>>>>>>>>> please
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> realize
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> many others are.. How are our kids suppose to 
>>>>>>>>>> exercise
>>>>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>>>>> we poison them and warn them to not go out ?   So many things are
>>>>>>>>>> affected negatively
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> the best
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> brightest in news and politicians ignore it. They
>>>>>>>>>> rather
>>>>>>>>>> talk
>>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> Iraq.and live in clean air like our President at the
>>>>>>>>>> ranch
>>>>>>>>>> or his family in Main near the coast. The rich and athletes know
>>>>>>>>>> where
>>>>>>>>>> to live everyone else pay for your life so these companies can
>>>>>>>>>> make
>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>> profit .
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> Let me tell you something this poisoning makes Iraq
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> 9/11
>>>>>>>>>> look
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> like
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> picnic and its because of the oil, and energy lobby
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> car
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> companies.
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> They
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> all are going about telling you of changes but 
>>>>>>>>>> chances
>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>> too
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> many
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> people it will be too late....
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>>>>Of course they are. Pollution is by definition
>>>>>>>>>> poison.
>>>>>>>>>> That's the
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>>>>problem
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>> with pollution, it poisons people. DUH!
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>> Yes but how many people think pollution might have
>>>>>>>>>> caused
>>>>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>> relatives
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>> death? Affected their life span ?  Chances are not
>>>>>>>>>> many
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> chances
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>> ,
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>> at least in my town, they should assume that. So 
>>>>>>>>>> many
>>>>>>>>>> days
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> air
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>> horrific here and not a thing said or done. I have
>>>>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>> other
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>> places
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>> with clean air and its like living in two different
>>>>>>>>>> centuries
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>> almost.
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>> Attitudes, crime,  health and total costs for health
>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>> might be
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>> different.But most important the actual lives of
>>>>>>>>>> peoples
>>>>>>>>>> health are
>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>> different and many ways to prove it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> beg someone to help us
>
> 
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