Legislative effort * USA - To cut bus emissions should be supported
The state has a problem with diesel emissions from school buses
Stamford,CT,USA -The Stamford Advocate -May 21 2007: -- Though pollution filters that would help protect children from particulate matter and toxins in diesel exhaust work well, they are not used here in Connecticut... Working to reduce diesel emissions could significantly lessen asthma, which is a significant problem for school children... According to the Clean Air Task Force, Fairfield County is out of compliance with federal Clean Air Act standards for fine particulate matter... Providing school buses with filters to reduce exhaust would help. Some filters would reduce pollution by about 90 percent...
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