Traffic = air pollution = asthma & other respiratory problems. Yet our irresponsible state government is still determined to support the building of a pulp mill, in a region where the incidence of respiratory illness is high due to the inversion layer characteristic, that would see a daily increase of 164 log trucks on the roads . . . .
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=357373&src=1
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Greed is one of the seven deadly sins isn’t it? The emphasis being on deadly. So why are these chaps even risking it? Haven’t they ever heard of the Precautionary Principle . . . . ?
http://www.independent.co.uk/
environment/climate-change/thinktanks
-take-oil-money-and-use-it-to-fund
-climate-deniers-1891747.html
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Given the high incidence of people with allergies in Tasmania, this situation is unlikely to relate only to the UK.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/
2010/feb/07/allergies-sharp-rise-anaphylaxis
Anne
