Maryland has one of the highest rates of asthma in the country. Our air is polluted from both too many cars and nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxides from the burning of coal. Yet Governor Hogan has cut back on Maryland's nitrogen standards.
Yet the county council and Planning Board keep pushing and approving over-the-top development, and where? Downcounty of course. Silver Spring. Wheaton. Bethesda. Got to protect those wealthy neighborhoods in the so-called "ag reserve" from that nasty traffic that is a contributor to asthma. Don't want your kids to get asthma? Better buy one of those 5-acre lots in the "ag reserve."
Anonymous on September 4th at 9:19 am. - doesn't matter where you live. All of Maryland except Washington County gets a grade of D or F for high ozone days from the American Lung Association report of 2015.
Maryland has one of the highest rates of asthma in the country. Our air is polluted from both too many cars and nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxides from the burning of coal. Yet Governor Hogan has cut back on Maryland's nitrogen standards.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many asthma-related absences are due to mold in portable MCPS classrooms.
ReplyDeleteYet the county council and Planning Board keep pushing and approving over-the-top development, and where? Downcounty of course. Silver Spring. Wheaton. Bethesda. Got to protect those wealthy neighborhoods in the so-called "ag reserve" from that nasty traffic that is a contributor to asthma. Don't want your kids to get asthma? Better buy one of those 5-acre lots in the "ag reserve."
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see the local news coverage when parents start sending their kids to school with air filtration masks to protect them from mold spores.
DeleteAnonymous on September 4th at 9:19 am. - doesn't matter where you live. All of Maryland except Washington County gets a grade of D or F for high ozone days from the American Lung Association report of 2015.
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