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One in five children in the San Joaquin Valley have been diagnosed
with asthma. Asthma is life threatening and very scarey to a child.
The most significant  cause of asthma in this grossley polluted
valley is truck emissions. Although it may cost the truckers to
retrofit their trucks, it doesn't cost near as much as the medical
and hospital costs to treat our children. We cannot afford to
ignore this problem any longer. The truckers see this as a
financial burden. It is just as much a financial burden to the San
Joaquin valley where so much money must be spent in hospitals and
emergency rooms because 20% of our children have asthma. We cannot
afford to postpone this legislation any longer.