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As a result, California has some of the oldest buses in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The emissions from older school buses are harmful to both children and air quality for the broader community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children riding in conventional diesel school buses are exposed to more air pollution than those riding in cleaner natural gas or low emission diesel buses, according to a 2003 \u003ca href=\"http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/schoolbus/schoolbus.htm\">study\u003c/a> conducted by the California Air Resources Board.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Buses manufactured before 1990 can pollute as much as six times more than new buses, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. There are about 3,000 buses in the state built in the 1980s and earlier, according to a \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/aging-polluting-school-buses-remain-calif-roads-17964#database\">California Watch analysis\u003c/a>of data maintained by the California Highway Patrol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some buses have been equipped with filters that greatly reduce the harmful health effects, but buses\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>that are more than two decades old often can’t be retrofitted because the pollutants clog the filters or the engine. The CHP data doesn’t indicate which buses – with a combined capacity to carry about 190,000 students each day – have been modified.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newer buses also have additional safety features such as seat belts and additional emergency exits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Department of Education referred a request for comment to the California Air Resources Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of a new state \u003ca href=\"http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onrdiesel/documents/fsschoolbus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regulation\u003c/a> that’s currently being phased in, the California Air Resources Board is requiring districts to add filters that trap harmful pollutants to all buses or take them off the road by 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The goal of the regulatory changes has been to protect children’s health, said Lisa Jennings, an air pollution specialist at the California Air Resources Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the retrofits can help reduce emissions, some critics argue that they’re a costly, short-term solution. 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"content": "\u003cp>Quick, what's the biggest single source of mercury pollution in the Bay Area? If you guessed something like the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/08/06/chevron-refinery-fire-shelter-in-place-for-richmond-north-richmond-and-san-pablo-residents/\">Chevron facility that caught fire\u003c/a> in Richmond last month, you'd be wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_76285\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/09/AirPollution_-Mark_H_Anbinder_Flickr_02142012.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/09/AirPollution_-Mark_H_Anbinder_Flickr_02142012-300x269.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"AirPollution_ Mark_H_Anbinder_Flickr_02142012\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-76285\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A smokestack belching smoke. (Photo: Mark Anbinder/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It turns out that \u003ca href=\"http://www.lehighpermanente.com/#/2000s/4537947455\">Lehigh Permanente\u003c/a>, a Cupertino company that mines lime and uses it to make cement, put about 260 pounds of mercury into the air in 2011. That's more than any other single facility, according to Aaron Richardson, a spokesman for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And mercury is only the beginning. On Wednesday, the BAAQMD will hold a public hearing on a proposal to tighten restrictions on the amount of mercury, dust, ammonia, hydrocarbons, dioxins, nitrogen oxides and other pollutants the plant releases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plant has already been cutting its mercury emissions; output is down from 1,200 pounds in 2005. The new regulations would chop the total by another 95 percent, Richardson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.usgs.gov/themes/factsheet/146-00/\">U.S. Geological Survey web site\u003c/a> says that \"mercury can be a threat to the health of people and wildlife in many environments that are not obviously polluted.\" But monitoring at the plant has showed no cause for concern, Richardson said. \"Our sense is that at the moment the impact on the community is not significant.\" \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More mercury comes from the Bay, where about 400 pounds of mercury runoff evaporates into the air every year, said Richardson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, local residents worry. \"It's definitely having an impact on people's health,\" said Cynthia Hayes-Rapp, who lives near the plant. Advocates of further regulation have organized themselves as \u003ca href=\"http://bayareacleanenvironment.org/\">Bay Area for a Clean Environment\u003c/a> and say they've collected more than \u003ca title=\"1800 signatures\" href=\"http://www.change.org/petitions/bay-area-air-quality-management-district-approve-more-protective-clean-air-regulations\">1800 signatures\u003c/a> calling for more stringent rules than those in the proposed regulations, including a requirement for a central smokestack that they think is the best way to filter toxins from the plant's emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A public relations consultant for Lehigh, which is owned by the German company Heidelberg Cement, said no one was available to talk about the proposed regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead he provided a company newsletter saying that Lehigh was reducing its emissions, and that Cupertino has lower particulate matter levels in its air than San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland and 10 other Bay Area cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a passage from the newsletter:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Notably, they found that Cupertino air quality levels were well below all applicable State and national Ambient Air Quality Standards for gaseous criteria pollutants including ozone, CO, SO2 and NO2.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>So why is the BAAQMD considering further regulation? The BAAQMD's Richardson cited community pressure. He also pointed out that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is also considering tough new regulations on cement plants, and BAAQMD wanted its regulations to match those.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives of the plant, as well as neighbors, will get a last chance to present their points of view during public comments before the BAAQMD votes on the proposed regulations Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing is set for 9:45 a.m. in the 7th Floor Board Room at the Air District Headquarters, 939 Ellis Street, San Francisco, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you can't make it in person, you can follow the whole thing on \u003ca href=\"http://baaqmd.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=3\">webcast\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Now that we’re all back from Labor Day weekend and nursing sunburns, this seems like a good time to review two key bills related to the future of state parks: \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=ab_1589&sess=CUR&house=B\">AB 1589\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=ab_1478&sess=CUR&house=A&search_type=bill_update\">AB 1478\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bear in mind everything parks-related moving through Sacramento now references the summer scandal that exploded when the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/21/4646682/hidden-parks-funds-spark-outrage.html\"> Sacramento Bee reported\u003c/a> that the Parks Department kept millions of dollars off the books when they filed annual reports with the Department of Finance, giving the impression a big deficit existed when that was not actually the case. Parks director Ruth Coleman resigned as a result of the scandal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 1589, by Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), requires that the Department of Parks & Recreation develop an “action plan” for generating revenue, as well as for collecting unpaid user fees at state parks. A lot of people are anticipating, to offer one example, a \u003ca href=\"http://www.dmv.ca.gov/online/elp/elp.htm\">special-interest license plate\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 1589 also allows taxpayers to redirect portions of their tax refunds to the California State Parks Protection Fund in exchange for an annual state park day-use access pass. \u003c!--more-->AB 1478, by Bob Bloomenfield (D-Woodland Hills) appropriates $10 million from the fund for park maintenance projects and $10 million as matching funds for private grants for parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 1478 is the more interesting bill for Bob Patrie of the Coe Park Preservation Fund. You may recall that organization wrangled a whopping $1 million of private money to keep their beloved local park open another three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_38327\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/strawberryfumigation.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38327\" title=\"strawberryfumigation\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/strawberryfumigation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: KQED QUEST\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You may have heard the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/09/04/160395259/why-organic-food-may-not-be-healthier-for-you\">NPR story\u003c/a> this morning about the meta-study from Stanford University, \u003ca href=\"http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1355685\">published in the Annals of Internal Medicine\u003c/a>, which found “no significant health benefit” to organic food. 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So this seemed to merit a call to the person who convinced me in the first place that it was okay to pay $4.00 for a head of cauliflower: local journalist, professor, and food advocate Michael Pollan, whose book \u003ca href=\"http://michaelpollan.com/books/the-omnivores-dilemma/\">The Omnivore’s Dilemma\u003c/a> was a major influence in popularizing organic and locally produced food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edited transcript…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JON BROOKS\u003c/strong>: So is this meta-study a big deal?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>MICHAEL POLLAN\u003c/strong>: I’m not sure it’s a big deal. 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This study disputes how significant the differences in antioxidant and nutrient levels are between organic and conventional food. But that’s not central to the discussion of why organic is important, which has a lot more to do with how the soil is managed and the exposure to pesticides, not just in the eater’s diet but to the farmworker. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JON BROOKS\u003c/strong>: The meta study did find that 38 percent of conventional produce tested contained pesticide residues, compared to just 7 percent for organic produce. How important is that in and of itself?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>MICHAEL POLLAN\u003c/strong>: It’s very important. If you’re concerned about pesticide residues in your food, you’re much better off buying organic. The study said all these pesticide residues in conventional produce are permissible under EPA rules. They may be, but there’s a question of how adequate those rules are. 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This is epidemiological, and it’s very hard to prove cause and effect, but caution would argue for keeping those chemicals out of your body, and organic produce is one way to do this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JON BROOKS\u003c/strong>: Do you think the food industry will consider this meta study a club to hit organic over the head with, or are they participating in organic now to the point where that wouldn’t be productive?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>MICHAEL POLLAN\u003c/strong>: Most of the big food companies are now in both businesses, and I don’t know that they want to talk too much about pesticides and remind people that this is an active debate, and that there is a lot of pesticide residue in conventional foods. There are various critics of the food movement that will seize on this, and some of those people are backed by agri-business in various ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s great media fodder and it’s terrific that people are looking at the issue and debating it. But people should take a hard look. So much of the story depends on what do you mean by “significant health benefit?” The meta study found less pesticide residue, higher levels of anti-oxidants – plant phytochemicals thought to be important to human health; and less antibiotic-resistant microbes in organic meat. But then they say it might not be significant. I don’t think they defined signficant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JON BROOKS\u003c/strong>: Let’s say you’re a consumer standing there at your grocery store and you have a choice between an organically grown piece of produce grown far away and a conventionally grown piece grown locally. All things considered, which is the best choice?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>MICHAEL POLLAN\u003c/strong>: It depends on your values. If you’re concerned about nutritional value and taste, you might find that the local food, which is more likely to have been picked when it was ripe, is better. 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That’s the stronger and easier case to make.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s true the body of research around nutrition is really equivocal, and we need to do more studies on that. But the success of organic doesn’t stand or fall on that question. This study disputes how significant the differences in antioxidant and nutrient levels are between organic and conventional food. But that’s not central to the discussion of why organic is important, which has a lot more to do with how the soil is managed and the exposure to pesticides, not just in the eater’s diet but to the farmworker. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JON BROOKS\u003c/strong>: The meta study did find that 38 percent of conventional produce tested contained pesticide residues, compared to just 7 percent for organic produce. How important is that in and of itself?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>MICHAEL POLLAN\u003c/strong>: It’s very important. 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This is epidemiological, and it’s very hard to prove cause and effect, but caution would argue for keeping those chemicals out of your body, and organic produce is one way to do this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JON BROOKS\u003c/strong>: Do you think the food industry will consider this meta study a club to hit organic over the head with, or are they participating in organic now to the point where that wouldn’t be productive?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>MICHAEL POLLAN\u003c/strong>: Most of the big food companies are now in both businesses, and I don’t know that they want to talk too much about pesticides and remind people that this is an active debate, and that there is a lot of pesticide residue in conventional foods. There are various critics of the food movement that will seize on this, and some of those people are backed by agri-business in various ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s great media fodder and it’s terrific that people are looking at the issue and debating it. 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