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Please see attached comments from a group of physicians.  As an
individual I would like to reiterate my comments from previous
workshops about the need to broaden the health modeling of
scenarios. Modeling should include the substantial health benefits
of physical activity by using CDPH's Integrated Transport and
Health Impact Model.  Modeling should also include adverse health
impacts like groundwater contamination and worsening air pollution
from encouraging the expansion of CAFO dairies with biodigester
subsidies, and increases in direct and upstream fossil fuel
emissions from carbon capture. Health modeling should add weight
when impacts, positive and negative, affect vulnerable populations,
since baseline health, resistance to disease, ability to shelter
oneself from harmful exposures, and access to health care all
influence health outcomes. Inequity itself is a powerful social
determinant of health.  Whether measures perpetuate, aggravate, or
alleviate inequity should be part of health modeling.  Thank you.