Health

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·          This is a community that has already so many projects and establishments that are injurious to public health.

·          We have a lot of health issues here with us and our children and one of the highest rates of people getting asthma.

·         Also there is a lot of cases of cancer, notably leukemia in children.

·         We are all getting sick with respiratory problems, sinus problems, and headaches.  The air quality is suffocating here at times.  We wake up from our sleep coughing. We’re going to die. 

·         I have read studies about PM 2.5, which is a particulate matter that’s going to come out of this, tiny particulates they say are associated with leukemia, heart problems, and these people aren’t even going to test for it.

·         These is scientific evidence that immune disorders can be the result of noxious environmental exposure.

·         The schools in this community suffer poor attendance due to environmental diseases. Our community has been subject to years of noxious environmental exposure of dioxins and other poisons from the Greenpoint incinerator, Mobil oil spill, Newtown Creek WPCP, waste transfer stations. TransGas is looking to take advantage of an already overburdened and vulnerable neighborhood.

·         I am constantly effected with my breathing and now I just don’t know what’s going to happen.

·         The exhaust of the buildings is going to effect the air also, light particulates that can’t be seen by the naked eye– we’re going to be effected.

·         The proposed power plant representatives weren’t able to give us any guarantee as to the quality of the air that we’d be breathing. We’re concerned with how this will effect us physically and mentally.

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·         The project cannot be built unless it complies with health-based air standards.  The project’s emissions will be controlled by state-of-the-art technology.  They will be dispersed at high altitudes, resulting in insignificant ground level concentrations.  In addition, with the closure of the Bayside Fuel Oil operation, diesel oil truck traffic will be significantly reduced, thereby eliminating ground level emissions of diesel fuel pollutants.

Furthermore:

In order to receive the permits to construct and operate the plant, TGE will perform extensive studies to determine potential impacts and will incorporate mitigation measures.  These studies will be subject to public review.  Furthermore, the plant’s emissions will be regulated throughout its operating life.

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