We will write in support of clean
air. I hope all who receive this message will, also.
Larry Schwab
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Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005
9:21 PM
To: mvcac@cheat.org
Subject: [MVCAC] EPA Action
Alert-particulates
FYI...
Please join us and tell the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) to set much tougher limits on how much pollution can be in
outdoor air. Within the next few weeks EPA will decide how much
soot, or particle pollution, is safe to have in the air we
breathe. The Clean Air Act requires EPA to set these air
pollution health limits, also called standards, at levels that
protect public health. The health science clearly shows that the
current federal limits on particle pollution are set too high,
allowing air pollution that leads to the premature deaths of
thousands of Americans each year. EPA needs to set limits that
are much tougher to protect against this dangerous outdoor air
pollutant.
EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson must announce the agency's
recommendations for new limits before the end of this year, but
he is facing intense political pressure to set the limits at
levels that are still too weak to protect all Americans.
Send your letter today in support for cleaner air!
You can take action on this alert via the web at:
http://lungaction.org/campaign/epa_cleanair/xngu774z5bj6mt?
Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this.
http://lungaction.org/campaign/epa_cleanair/forward/xngu774z5bj6mt?
We encourage you to take action by January 1, 2006
Tell EPA We Need Less Air Pollution
INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPOND VIA THE WEB:
If you have access to a web browser, you can take action on this
alert by going to the following URL:
http://lungaction.org/campaign/epa_cleanair/xngu774z5bj6mt?
Your letter will be addressed and sent to:
Administrator Stephen Johnson
----THIS LETTER WILL BE SENT IN YOUR NAME----
Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],
I am writing to express my concern about one of the most
important decisions you will make in your role as the head of
EPA: your decision to set the national standards for pollution
in the air we breathe. I'm writing to urge you to set the
tightest, most protective national standards on particle
pollution. Thousands of lives are at stake in your decision.
Thousands of scientific studies have found that particle
pollution in the air causes serious health problems, including
tens of thousands of premature deaths, increased use of asthma
medications, missed school days, emergency room visits, strokes,
and heart problems. Millions of Americans are at risk from
breathing particle pollution, including people with asthma or
chronic lung diseases, children, seniors, and those with
cardiovascular disease or diabetes.
EPA staff scientists and the independent scientific reviewers
have recommended much lower limits in the national standards for
the smallest, or fine, particles. Given the dangerous health
effects, there is no reason to choose anything but the lowest
levels recommended by EPA scientists for the fine particles. You
should also provide even more protection than your staff has
recommended for the limits on the larger, or coarse, particles
to protect us from these larger, but still dangerous, particles.
Please follow the Clean Air Act and set the national standard at
a level that will protect public health. That must be the only
consideration. And the science is overwhelmingly clear that the
current limits do not provide that protection.
For the health of my family and all Americans, I urge you to set
standards that will make the air safe to breathe in all of our
communities.
----END OF LETTER TO BE SENT----
Sincerely,
Edward Petsonk
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