First Name | Karina |
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Last Name | Maher |
Email Address | karinamaher@mac.com |
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Subject | Gas powered small engines - AB 1346 |
Comment | I am writing in my role as a physician to urge you to do all you can to support AB 1346 and ban the sale of gas powered small engines as soon as possible. The pollutants and toxins emitted from gas powered small engines is significant and is damaging our health. This pollution increases our risk of heart attack, stroke, lung disease, cancer, and miscarriage. As a pediatrician, the increase in premature birth, low birthweight babies, and birth defects is especially heart breaking. The social cost of the problems these gas powered small engines cause is enormous. It includes medical costs due to increases in the above diseases, premature deaths, degradation of natural resources, decreased GDP, property damage from climate-induced floods, wildfires, and climate remediation. As a physician, I am asking you to do what is best for Californians' health. We have solutions for a safer, cleaner, healthier future. Now all we need is the political will to do the right thing and help translate AB 1346 into reality to clean up the air we all breathe. Sincerely, Karina Maher, MD |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2021-11-17 10:47:42 |
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