I completely support people's right to smoke. I'm not even sure it should be age limited. But they don't have any right to get their smoke on other people. They can smoke all they want in their homes but public spaces need to be smoke free.
We'll smoke at home, when you start driving in your house.
You have no right to spew your exhaust in peoples faces.
Restaurants are private, the streets are PUBLIC.
PHYSICIAN TESTIFIES IN SUPPORT OF ZEV PROGRAM AT AIR RESOURCES BOARD HEARING
As local resolutions and letters of support continue flowing in from across the state, Los Angeles emergency room physician and specialist in sports medicine will testify September 7 before the Air Resources Board (ARB) in support of the state's ZEV requirements. Dr. Eric Sletten takes the train from his home in Ventura County and then rides a bicycle to his office at Cal State Northridge. Dr. Sletten emphasizes however, that he is not anti-car, and in fact owns two classic cars that he drives recreationally. He grew up in the San Fernando Valley and recalls frequent smog alerts that restricted activities and caused coughing and pain from simply taking a deep breath.
In testifying on behalf of the American Lung Association of California and its medical section, the California Thoracic Society, Dr. Sletten calls on the state to provide leadership in addressing the health concerns caused by California's addiction to gasoline. Dr. Sletten describes health impacts from gasoline vehicles, including reduction in lung function and lung tissue damage, exacerbation of lung disease including asthma and emphysema, and various forms of cancer. Air pollution particularly impacts the elderly, infants and children, and those already suffering from lung disease.
VEHICLE EMISSIONS BLAMED FOR 20,000 DEATHS A YEAR IN 3 EUROPEANCOUNTRIES; CALIFORNIANS WORRIED ABOUT LINK BETWEEN ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH
Contact: Andrew Weisser (818) 703-6444,
aweisser@earthlink.net or your local American Lung Association at (800) LUNG-USA www.californialung.org
I don't know if a study has been done on this but; have you ever looked at the inside of your wheels? Covered; thickly covered, in brake dust. Can you imagine all the brake dust floating around in the air, especially on or near roads and streets?
That's got to be some nasty $#!t to be breathing in.
There's gotta be a law! Outlaw brakes!!! Or at least using them in the vicinity of schools, churches, businesses and of course, the chillin.