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Too many people are dying every year from air pollution related
illnesses in California, and diesel trucks are a major source of
this pollution. The public health cost of delaying these measures
is too much to bear. Diesel truck pollution alone is responsible
each year for about 4,500 early deaths and thousands of asthma
attacks and hospitalizations for lung illnesses.  These public
health emergencies impact hospitals and emergency rooms throughout
the state that are already overburdened. Diesel soot poses an
especially critical health danger for truck drivers, children, the
elderly and residents living near major freeways, ports, rail
yards, truck stops and other diesel hot spots who bear the greatest
burden of disease.