Mon
Apr 21 2008
12:16 pm
How air pollution hurts your kids' lungs
By: jbr

"If you live near a polluted area of a city, it's like the child is smoking,"

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I doubt this is considered when building Wal-Marts, Lowes and Home Depots and roads like the James White Parkway extension, Pellissippi Parkway extension, etc.

An earlier post along similar subject matter.
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bizgrrl's picture

I doubt this is considered

Submitted by bizgrrl on Mon, 2008/04/21 - 4:59pm.

I doubt this is considered when building Wal-Marts, Lowes and Home Depots and roads like the James White Parkway extension, Pellissippi Parkway extension, etc.

I agree that over building can increase the problem. The population of East TN has not grown enormously in the past 20 years. In East TN I think the problem is more related to TVA coal plants.

Nelle's picture

We're all the problem

Submitted by Nelle on Mon, 2008/04/21 - 9:10pm.

The population of East TN has not grown enormously in the past 20 years.

True, but it has spread out a lot, and the amount of driving has grown still faster than the population.

Yes, the coal plants are a big part of the problem, but the ways we choose to live are too.

Factchecker's picture

COAL

Submitted by Factchecker on Mon, 2008/04/21 - 7:55pm.

It turns our children's lungs off.

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