Public Hearing - EISs for the Proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal ...

11/3/2012
1 heavy metals on our local food supply.
2 In terms of air quality, already we have an
3 increase incidence in our county and in our state and
4 in our country with asthma. That is costing us
5 nationally in terms of health care costs. We also are
6 seeing increase in emphysema and COPD.
7 Beyond the direct exposure to coal dust, our
8 regional air quality would be affected by the low
9 quality fuel burned by cape class ships.
10 As others have stated, trans coal burning
11 would affect our global air quality as well. Heavy
12 metals will get into our soil potentially, including
13 our fresh supply of organic foods that are locally
14 grown, our lovely supply of shellfish and sea life as
15 well that our county residents are able to enjoy.
16 o-O-o
17 JULES McLELAND: Hi. My name is Jules
18 McLeland and I'm from Lopez Island. I'm a board
19 member of the Lopez Children's Center. I'm also a
20 vendor of the Saturday Market.
21 I'm concerned about the quality of the water
22 around -- in the San Juan Islands. I value the
23 recreation activities on Lopez.
24 I would like you to measure the impact of
25 vehicle collisions of the large cargo ships on
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