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I am writing to urge the California Air Resources Board to adopt
the strongest regulation possible to clean up the top sources of
diesel particulate matter in California. I am deeply concern about
the negative health impacts of diesel pollution from trucks and
buses. 
Trucks and buses are a major contributor to the particulate matter
and ozone pollution that causes serious health consequences.
California has the worst air quality in the nation. Pollution from
trucks and buses result in an estimated 4,500 premature deaths and
71,000 cases of asthma and lower respiratory symptoms each year.
Equally important, truck drivers are 1.5 to 2 times as likely as
workers not exposed to diesel exhaust to develop lung cancer during
their lives.
To protect the health of all Californians, I urge the California
Air Resources Board to adopt the strongest possible diesel truck
regulations.