Testing Air Pollution's Effect on Children's Health
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Updated: 7:03 PM Jan 12, 2009
Testing Air Pollution's Effect on Children's Health
A recent report by USA Today found that schools in Washington County, Ohio ranked in the top four percentile of schools with the most polluted air in the nation.
Posted: 7:01 PM Jan 12, 2009
Reporter: Cathleen Moxley
Email Address: cathleen.moxley@wtap.com
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Posted by: Crystal on Jan 14, 2009 at 10:37 AM

As a mother, I would not hesitate to participate and/or support this testing. On another hand economics are beyond right to say that there is a price to pay for everything. You have to take from one area to give to another. We are greedy people who want it all. The money has to come from somewhere. Which area to be choose to take from?
Posted by: John Location: Marietta on Jan 13, 2009 at 11:11 PM

Oh good grief people. You want to blame air for any little thing that's wrong with your child? You're looking for someone to blame, and they come up with this, so you jump on it. Yes, I have a child, and yes, she has a chronic disease. But guess what, she doesn't attend school here, or in any of the areas on the list. So what do I get to blame her condition on? The weather? This is nothing more than environmentalists going after the big money and trying to "save the planet". Quit letting your emotions cloud your judgement.
Posted by: Concerned Mother on Jan 13, 2009 at 04:22 PM

I have singed my child up to be tested ! My child has a learning problem along with my two other children!! I think this is a good thing for our children.And this has NOTHING to do with the plants closing!! Charlene from Cincinnati! DO YOU HAVE KIDS???
Posted by: Charlene Location: Cincinnati on Jan 13, 2009 at 09:56 AM

I thought the plant closings were the result of our tanking economy and the tanking economy was the result of greedy, shortsighted decisions being made by the Masters of the Universe who run our banks and corporations. So, it's really parents and environmentalists, huh? (Wow)
Posted by: Lauren's Mom Location: ex Vienna resident on Jan 13, 2009 at 08:31 AM

John from Marietta, if you had yourself a child in one of these schools, and actaully cared about the health and welfare of that child, then you wouldn't rant on here about the money it takes to keep our children safe. My daughter who is ADHD, ODD, and missing half of her arm, was born in Marietta, and raised in Vienna. Neale school was listed in the top 2% of schools with high levels of manganese in the air. We lived within 5 blocks of that school. It has been proven that intake of manganese causes such items as.... guess what? ADHD! ODD! and many many other items. Yes, it takes a lot of money to implement safety items in these plants, and I understand your concerns, you must try to understand the concerns of the parents too. If we kill off our children, or do nothing but produce children with all the defects that can be caused by the lack of safety guidelines, then there will be no one to work these jobs that you are so concerned about losing by having to clean up these plants!
Posted by: John Location: Marietta on Jan 13, 2009 at 01:01 AM

What a bunch of of BS. This is nothing more than the environmental wackos trying another angle at getting what they want. SAVE THE CHILDREN! We won't have any jobs left in the valley, but hey, at least the children are safe! I don't want to hear anyone whine, when the next plant closes due to them not being able to afford these "environmental policies" that will be put in place. Read the whole USA Today article, there are so many unknowns in the computer model. Every feakin thing on this earth seems to cause cancer today, even mouthwash. Air quality has greatly improved over the years, we adults from the valley today should have already had cancer, right? I thought the 1990 Clean Air Act was supposed to be the magic bullet? Or was it the ethanol burning buses? No wait, it was getting rid of asbestos in the schools. Could be that obesity causes 20% of cancer, no, we got rid of sodas in school. So many options, let's just pick one that nets us the most money and makes us feel good!
Posted by: Bob Location: Belpre on Jan 12, 2009 at 10:36 PM

That may be true- but just as the C-8 scientists will tell you- there is a BIG difference between correlation and causation. You might find that 90% of the people who write comments here also drink coffee which would be a correlation. But it would be wrong to believe coffee causes people to leave comments here.
Posted by: BETH Location: MARIETTA on Jan 12, 2009 at 08:42 PM

POINT TO PONDER -- AUTISTIC KIDS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF METALS IN THEIR BODIES -- OHIO HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST #'S OF KIDS W/AUTISM --"Washington County, Ohio ranked in the top four percentile of schools with the most polluted air in the nation." HMMM!
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