Green Options » tailpipe exhaust http://greenoptions.com/tag/tailpipe-exhaust Posts tagged 'tailpipe exhaust' Wed, 07 May 2008 20:44:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Environmental Defense Fund: Asthma and Idling - A Bad Combination http://sustainablog.org/2008/05/07/environmental-defense-fund-asthma-and-idling-a-bad-combination/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/05/07/environmental-defense-fund-asthma-and-idling-a-bad-combination/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 20:44:47 +0000 Leslie Valentine http://sustainablog.org/2008/05/07/environmental-defense-fund-asthma-and-idling-a-bad-combination/ idling_suv_child_250.jpgToday’s post is by Mel Peffers, a project manager in the Living Cities program at Environmental Defense Fund.

May 6 was World Asthma Day. Since car exhaust can lead to asthma as well as global warming, we thought it would be a good day to highlight the importance of not idling your car or truck engine.

What makes idling especially bad for health is that drivers tend to idle in gathering places - by sidewalks, schools, playgrounds, homes, and offices. Breathing in pollution close to the source is more dangerous than farther away.

Take a look at the evidence.

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