Subject: Study: Airport pollution worse than Los Angeles Air
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:22:08 -0700

Good Afternoon,
 
I am wanted to make sure you were aware of a study done that shows heavy airplane traffic contributes to even more pollution to the skies above Los Angeles than the city's congested freeways, cars and corporates. I have included the article below, as well as a link to the article. Furthermore, studies show that "aviation accounts for about 11 percent of carbon dioxide pollution from the U.S. transportation sector and is one of the fastest growing sources of carbon pollution, rising three to five percent a year."  The Environmental Protection Agency and Obama Administration has taken some incredible actions recently and I am very thankful that your administration is working hard to protecting our country and community. 
 
I am hoping to see and urging the EPA to work on a solid action plan to cut aircraft and aviation pollution as soon as possible. This is the air we all breath and pollution that affects us all and our future.

Thank you for your time and all you do!
 
Caleb Laieski
 
Article at: http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/47437

Airport pollution worse than the freeways in LA?
A new study has found that heavy airplane traffic contributes to 
even more pollution to the skies above Los Angeles than the city’s 
congested freeways.

And the research results, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology, revealed the effect 
continues for up to 10 miles away.

The findings have serious implications for the health of residents near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and other airports around the world as scientists found particle pollution affects neighborhoods up to 10 
miles east of the airport.

Scott Fruin, D.Env. P.E., Neelakshi 
Hudda and colleagues note that past research has measured pollution from air traffic before, but most of these studies only sampled air within a couple of miles, at most, from airports. Not surprisingly, these 
analyses have found higher levels of pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides and small (ultrafine) particles less than 0.1 micron (about 
one-thousandth of the width of a human hair), that scientists attributed to airplane emissions.
This added pollution is potentially a 
major public health issue. Ultrafine particles, which form from 
condensation of hot exhaust vapours, are of particular concern because 
they deposit deeply into the lungs and can enter the bloodstream. 

The oxidative stress and resulting inflammation appear to play a role in 
the development of atherosclerosis (blocked arteries) and can make other health conditions worse, especially for people with existing cardiac or lung conditions including asthma.
Photo of airplanes waiting to take off via Shutterstock.

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