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As someone who suffers from asthma I am writing to express my
personal deep concern about the negative health impacts of diesel
pollution from trucks and buses. Despite having well controlled
asthma I suffer daily from exposure to diesel exhaust and can only
imagine how terrible the consequences must be for those less
fortunate than I. Consequently, I urge the California Air Resources
Board to adopt the strongest regulation possible to clean up the
top sources of diesel particulate matter in California.

California has the worst air quality in the nation and trucks and
buses are a major contributor to the particulate matter and ozone
pollution that causes serious health consequences. Pollution from
trucks and buses result in 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.