To the editor: Southern California has the smoggiest air within the nation (“Los Angeles remains nation’s smoggiest city for 25th time in 26 years, despite progress,” April 23). The human toll of smog isn’t simply numbers in a chart — it’s kids on inhalers, elders rushed to the emergency room and lives lower brief.
Native and state leaders should rise to the second. The South Coast Air High quality Administration District can lead by passing guidelines to transition houses towards clear and environment friendly electrical warmth pumps and water heaters. These guidelines, coupled with incentives, might help rework our smoggy air.
AQMD should not let fossil-fuel pursuits stand in the way in which of unpolluted air. Cross sturdy guidelines to get air pollution out of our houses and clear air into our lungs.
Christopher Chavez, Lengthy Seashore
This author is deputy coverage director of the Coalition for Clear Air.
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To the editor: It’s good that we, as a society, proceed to demand higher air high quality. I’m a kind of readers who grew up within the L.A. basin within the ’50s and ’60s when smog was incomparably worse. No want for devices then to detect ozone — its sweetish odor was apparent.
With a lot pessimism in regards to the world, you will need to keep in mind and remind youthful readers that issues can get higher.
Bob Wieting, Simi Valley
