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To Whom it may concern;
I am a healthcare professional, a clinical pharmacist
and among my duties I take care of people with asthma
and other lung diseases as well as heart disease.
I am writing to express my deep concern about the
negative health impact of diesel pollution from trucks, 
buses and boats. I sincerely urge the California Air 
Resources Board to adopt the strongest regulations
possible to clean up diesel particulate matter in 
California. This particulate matter is a major 
contributor to asthma, cancer and heart disease, 
resulting in thousands of premature deaths every year
in the general public and also almost doubles truck 
driver's lifetime risk of developing lung cancer. 

Diesel pollution is ugly, smells bad, and it is 
expensive, increasing medical costs for individuals, 
insurers, increases disability costs, and cost in time
lost from work, as well as quality of life.

We can't continue to live in the past by allowing
continuation of conditions forcing these illnesses on
the public. We simply cannot afford not to protect the health of 
Californians.