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Comment 4 for : Comment docket for updating the Senate Bill 375 regional passenger vehicle greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the State's MPOs (sb375targetupdate-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Laura
Last Name: Rosenberger Haider
Email Address: lauragreen.rosenberger@gmail.com
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Subject: Greenhouse gas and other dangerous emissions from fuels made from oil
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Oil extraction involves diesel pumps and diesel vehicles. The heavy oil extracted near Bakersfield emits more greenhouse gases than the oil in other locations in California and use more toxic volatile diluants that bind to fine particulate matter. Fracking often emits benzenes, toluene, methylene chloride , formaldehyde, trimethylsilanol, isoprene, and sometimes several more chemicals listed under Prop 65 as carcinogenic or linked to reproductive harm. (See article:Californians At Risk ) The Midway Sunset Oilfield emits 58,720 metric tons of CO2 eq. per day.The Kern River(oil)Field emits particulate pollution and 46,380 metric tons of CO2 eq/day. Also, these are disadvantaged communities. There was an orange haze over Kern County. I felt sick and dizzy there and also several miles SW of Fresno when the wind was blowing from the South West. Diesel exhaust particulates (DEPs)"have a highly adsorptive carbon core that act as a vector for the delivery, deep into the lung, of redox active metals, polyaromatic hydrocarbons and quinones. In addition to traffic density per se, it is not surprising therefore that the greatest health impacts appear to be associated with proximity to roads carrying a high proportion of diesel powered heavy and light good vehicles (Janssen et al. 2003; Gowers et al. 2012). In 2012, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified particulates in diesel fumes as carcinogenic to humans based on sufficient evidence that it is linked to an increased risk of lung cancer, as well as limited evidence linking it to an increased risk of bladder cancer (IARC 2012)."(From: Environ Geochem Health. 2015; 37(4): 631–649. Published online 2015 Jun 4. Air pollution and public health: emerging hazards and improved understanding of risk Frank J. Kellycorresponding author and Julia C. Fussell) We need less emissions and better efficiency in diesel and gasoline powered vehicles.
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2017-03-22 16:48:11
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