Comment 112861

By KevinLove (registered) | Posted July 18, 2015 at 10:04:22 in reply to Comment 112859

Sigh... Hamilton's City Council and Medical Officer of Health also seem to take seriously the Air Quality Progress Report because they requested the Report and funded it with $56,000.

You may notice from the participants on pp 9-10 that this is a collaborative effort of Hamilton Public Health, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, McMaster University and several private sector partners.

That those who are dead and injured due to being poisoned by motor vehicle operators are disproportionately children is based upon the City of Toronto Public Health Report by Toronto's Medical Officer of Health. An excerpt from page 6:

There are some populations which are particularly susceptible to the effects of traffic-related pollution. These include fetuses and children, the elderly, and those with pre- existing breathing and heart problems. However, healthy individuals are also at risk of these effects from both short-term exposures as well as chronic exposure over several years or a lifetime...

Children are particularly vulnerable to the health impacts of traffic given their immature physiology and immune system which are still under development. Furthermore, children breathe more per unit body weight than adults. In addition, children tend to spend more time outdoors, engaged in strenuous play or physical activity, resulting in greater exposure to air pollution than adults.

Comment edited by KevinLove on 2015-07-18 10:14:29

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