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I am writing to express my deep concern about the negative health
effects of diesel exhaust pollution from trucks and buses.

I am a frequent bicycle rider -- both for exercise and for doing
errands including grocery shopping. One of my frequent concerns is
the exhaust from diesel powered vehicles that I am forced to
breathe while breathing heavily.
  
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.

Thanks,

Mike Sasnett