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As a lifelong asthmatic presently afflicted with COPD, I am writing
to express my deep concern about the negative
health impacts of diesel pollution from trucks and buses. 
I urge the CARB to adopt the strongest regulation possible to
clean up the top sources of diesel particulate matter in
California.

This "Golden State" has the worst air quality in the nation; 
trucks and buses are a major contributor to the particulate matter
and ozone pollution that causes serious health consequences.
Pollution from these vehiclrs cause an estimated 4,500 premature
deaths and 71,000 cases of asthma and lower
respiratory symptoms each year. Equally important, truck drivers
are 1.5 to 2 times as likely as workers not exposed to diesel
exhaust to develop lung cancer during their lives.

To protect the health of all Californians, I urge the California
Air Resources Board to adopt the strongest possible diesel truck
regulations.