By Roger Straw Staff for the City of Benicia posted an agenda and multiple important attachments for the June 19 City Council meeting. Plan to attend tonight’s Council meeting – doors open around 5:30pm, meeting starts at 7pm. Most important documents for study are a 32-page Draft Industrial Safety Ordinance prepared and submitted by a local … Continue reading CALL TO ACTION! Benicia City Council Agenda & Important ISO Documents – June 19, 2018→
Repost from the Benicia Herald ISO Working Group: Benicia Deserves a Local Industrial Safety Ordinance (Part 3) By Benicia ISO Working Group, June 19, 2018 In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we examined the health effects and costs of particulates and other air pollutants and pointed out the inadequacies of Valero’ proposed air … Continue reading ISO Working Group: Benicia Deserves a Local Industrial Safety Ordinance (Part 3)→
Repost from the Benicia Herald June 17, 2018 In Part 1 of this series, we explored the many health risks and costs of air pollution in Benicia, including premature deaths, hospitalizations and respiratory symptoms including asthma in adults and children. Today we will take a look at air monitoring – and the lack of it … Continue reading ISO Working Group: The rest of the story on air monitoring in Benicia (Part 2)→
Repost from the Benicia Herald Making sense of air monitoring (Part 1) By the Benicia ISO Working Group, June 15, 2018 Most of the time, you cannot see dirty air – for example you can’t see particulates. We know that particulates increase the age-specific mortality risk, particularly from cardiovascular causes. In fact, epidemiological studies suggest public … Continue reading ISO Working Group: Making sense of air monitoring (Part 1)→
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