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American Lung Association
Locomotive and Marine Diesel Engines Clean Up Will Save Lives
April 4th, 2008
The American Lung Association salutes the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule to require substantial cuts in the air pollution produced by locomotive and marine diesel engines. Communities across the nation urgently need this federal help to help clean up dangerous ozone and particle pollution. Cleaning up diesel locomotives and marine engines will save thousands of lives. This long-awaited step requires train and boat engines to emit 90 percent less particulate matter and 80 percent less nitrogen oxides. Particulate pollution shortens the lives of tens of thousands of Americans each year and nitrogen oxide is a major pollutant and a key component of ozone,...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-04-04)
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