Deadly Diesel in Our Air: Risks to Climate and Your Health

Diesel soot is everywhere. Its toxic particles are so small, they lodge in your lungs and create respiratory and health problems years later. Children breathe it on school buses. You breathe it when following a truck or bus. People and workers in neighborhoods undergoing construction breathe it.

Throughout Oregon, concentrations of diesel particulate matter, the byproduct of diesel exhaust, are more than 10 to 20 times higher than the state’s health-based air quality benchmarks.

Attend this valuable presentation to learn the effects of diesel pollution, the risks to you and your loved ones and what you do about it.

Presenters:

• Dr. Julianne Fry, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies, Reed College
• Mary Peveto, Executive Director, Neighbors for Clean Air