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I came to Southern California from the Upper Midwest over 30 years
ago.  Before coming here I had never smoked, nor did I have either
allergies or asthma.  In those thirty years I lived in residential
areas (Yorba Linda, Placentia, Anaheim) more than several miles
from freeways, and while working I commuted by car every day from
ten to thirty miles a day. I now have CHRONIC ALLERGIES, ASTHMA and
BRONCHITIS.  These developed gradually over time, which I can only
attribute to my LONGTERM EXPOSURE TO CALIFORNIA'S DIESEL-POLLUTED
AIR.

I am writing to express my OUTRAGE about the negative health
impacts of diesel pollution from trucks (especially those from
MEXICO) and buses and I EXPECT 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 DEMAND that
California Air Resources Board to adopt the strongest possible
diesel truck regulations.