We care about our kids: Family Rally Sep 17, 8:30AM-10:30AM, Pancakes and fun for the kids

Hi Walnut Grove Families, Please attend the rally to show the government we care about our children. Below are articles suggesting our children will be 8x as likely to get leukemia, 6x for other cancers, and lung impairment is inevitable. Pregnant women living near roads are increasing the chances of children with lung impairment by 20-30% and autism doubles. The EPA has developed recommendations for schools already near high traffic areas, why is TOL, MOT, BC and Federal Governments planning high traffic roads right beside our schools? Because they don’t care about our children! We care about our children, Families for a safer, healthier Walnut Grove. • Linking living near busy roads to childhood cancers / leukemia . • http://sandiego.urbdezine.com/2015/05/28/what-is-a-safe-distance-to-live-or-work-near-high-auto-emission-roads/ • Children living within 300m (3 blocks) were eight times as likely to develop leukemia and six times as vulnerable to all types of cancer. • Children who lived within 500 meters of a freeway, or approximately a third of a mile, since age 10 had substantial deficits in lung function by the age of 18 years, compared to children living at least 1,500 meters, or approximately one mile, away. • Children are especially vulnerable because they breathe more air relative to weight, are more physically active, spend more time outdoors, and have many more years ahead of them in which auto emissions can manifest itself in disease or disability. • Women during pregnancy have a 20 – 30% higher chance of having children with lung impairment. • Auto emission exposure from nearness to high traffic during the third trimester of pregnancy doubles the risk for autism. • Cyclists, auto occupants with windows down or vents open, toll booth operators, and roadside residents and businesses receive up to 25 times the level of Particulate Matter exposure. • http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/20/childhood-leukemia-linked-to-heavy-traffic-exposure-cdc-says/6658919/ • " childhood leukemia is associated with residential traffic exposure” and “Children with Leukemia are 50% more likely to live near busy roads than children without leukemia" • Previous research has demonstrated a connection between residential traffic proximity and such health problems as asthma, cardiovascular disease and premature mortality. • EPA recommendations for schools near roads – Don’t have high traffic roads near schools. • https://www.epa.gov/schools/best-practices-reducing-near-road-air-pollution-exposure-schools • Pollutant concentrations are higher within the first 500 feet of a roadway and reaching background levels within approximately 2,000 feet of a roadway.