"Air pollution does not affect everyone equally, but it affects everyone in some way" - One Breath Partnership
I grew up in Houston in the 1970s, when people filled their cars with leaded gasoline and used toxic cleaning products and pesticides around their homes. By the time I was 5 years old, doctors had diagnosed me with asthma. No one thought I was capable of doing anything physically strenuous because I was asthmatic. I was always on medication, using inhaled steroids and liquid medicine. It was miserable.
Now, my daughter, Layla, and my son, Robby, have asthma, too, and Layla takes a daily inhaler. When they get sick, it can be worse than it might be without this condition. I usually make sure I have a nebulizer and am ready to help put them on it if they need help breathing. As a result, Layla and Robby are not as active in sports and outdoor activities as they would like to be.
Air pollution does not affect everyone equally, but it affects everyone in some way. Many families, like mine, have asthma problems. I also know people in their 40s with leukemia. People do not necessarily connect these health problems to the air we breathe. However, when I visit cities with cleaner air, I have so much more energy. When I return to Houston, my lungs tighten almost instantly.
Some people might think the foul air is just part of living in Houston. In reality, it makes the city a less attractive place, which is bad for business. It is bad for our growth as an economy, and it is bad for our health. I think people would be more productive if they could breathe easier.
Air pollution also is a social justice issue because those carrying the heaviest burden tend to be people of color and low incomes. That is something that I am glad to see Air Alliance Houston address, with grassroots efforts to give marginalized people the necessary tools to fight for clean air.
Here is my hope for Houston: Our city has fewer children with asthma and fewer people with cancer because elected officials, state and federal regulators and industry took the necessary steps to protect public health.
Lauren Salomon, mother of three, is on the board of Air Alliance Houston, which is a founding member of One Breath Partnership.
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ROME, Apr 29 (Reuters) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who narrowly lost this month's general election, will resign as prime minister on Tuesday, an official at the Prime Minister's Office said today.
The official told Reuters that Berlusconi would formally tell his cabinet he was resigning at a meeting on Tuesday morning and immediately after that he would go to the palace of President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi to tender his resignation.
Mumbai, May 2 (UNI) Larsen&Toubro Ltd (L&T) today announced that the company has won a key contract for construction of four ships valued at over Rs 440 crore from Zadeko Ship Management CV of the Netherlands.
The order marks the formal launch of the company's venture into ship building. The vessels will be built at a new shipyard that will form part of the company's modified engineering complex at Hazira.
The company's Chairman and Managing Director A M Naik said ''ship building would significantly expand the company's high technology manufacturing capabilities and represented another major step forward in meeting L&T's strategic growth objectives.'' The new venture would also be aligned with the national priority for extending India's ship building capabilities and enhancing the country's share of the global shipbuilding market, he said.
Zadeko the Rotterdam-based shipping company, caters to special purpose cargo movements. the management had expressed the desire to continue their association with L&T for its future vessel acquisition programme across a series of vessels.
Other leading shipping companies across the globe are also in touch with the company for their fleet augmentation requirements.
Production of the ships is scheduled to commence in July. In line with contemporary global ship building trends, the company will adopt modular construction and seamless work flow techniques at its shipyard to meet the stringent delivery schedules.
These highly specialised vessels are among the only ones of its kind to be made in India. The vessels have a deadweight capacity of over 8,250 tonnes, 17,000 cubic metres of cargo hold and can carry 830 TEU of containerised cargo.
The company's shipyard at Hazira will focus on construction of commercial vessels and warships for the navy as well as the coast guard.
The yard will have the capacity to construct high technology vessels of up to 150 metre length and displacement of 20,000 tonnes.
Further expansion programmes envisage installation of ship lift system for new construction, repairs and refit of ships including defense and paramilitary vessels.