Category: News

THE GRAND DECEPTION: DROUGHT AND AIR QUALITY

The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (air district), and the local Air Board that controls it, has a problem. The No. 1 air quality issue in the San Joaquin Valley is the level of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) experienced by residents each winter.

AIR QUALITY

Several factors are known to consistently hold our county down in the major health rankings conducted annually. Locally, these include our poverty level, unemployment rate, and low medical provider-to- population ratios with contributing impact from the national obesity and diabetes epidemics. But unique to this valley is the COMBINATION of these factors compounded by the poor quality of the air we breathe.

AIR DISTRICT GETS CAUGHT

Since its 1991 formation as the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (Air District), this sham of a health agency has continuously shown allegiance to big polluters and scorn for the breathing public.

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