Demand that industrial facilities modernize and reduce hazardous air pollution!
Oregon has the 3rd largest population in the nation at risk of excess cancer due to toxic air pollution. (source: EPA 2005 NATA)
35 Portland Schools, and 54 statewide, are ranked among the worst 5% in the nation due to exposure to industrial sources of air pollution. (source: USA Today The Smokestack Effect)
Every Portland Metro census track exceeds health-based benchmarks for the most dangerous air toxicants. (source: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Portland Air Toxics Solutions)
Therefore, the undersigned citizens of Oregon urge the state to create a program designed to modernize air emissions regulations and update air permit limitations to reduce toxic air pollution from stationary sources.
Please sign the petition today and forward it to your friends, family and colleagues!
Petition: The undersigned citizens of Oregon ask the Environmental Quality Commission to ensure that the Air Toxic Health Benchmarks protect children from short term and long term exposure to toxic pollutants present in the environment where they live, play and go to school.
unless we take action.
Neighbors for Clean Air
needs you to:
- Map and log the locations of suspicious odors every time they occur.
- Call the DEQ complaint line at 888-997-7888 OR submit an odor complaint to the DEQ for each occurrence.
- Sign our petition.
- Spread the word by following us and re-posting.
35 Portland area schools rank in the top 5% of all US schools with the most dangerous outdoor air quality in the country.
USA Today Report, The Smokestack Effect
Multnomah County has higher rates of breast, lung, pancreas and brain cancers than both the Oregon and national averages.
National Cancer Institute
Oregon has the 3rd largest population in the nation at risk of excess cancer due to toxic air pollution.
U.S. EPA 2002 National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment
USA Today