One of the things that has surprised me as a bus driver is how many of the kids that ride the bus have asthma! I get notices from dispatch about what kids ride my bus that have health problems that could flare up on the bus – the two largest are allergies and asthma. These kids bring their own medications with them on the bus so that they can self-medicate – in the case of allergies they bring epi-pens, and with asthma they bring their own inhalers. It seems to me that these are situations that are exacerbated by our environment, and that we should take greater measures to control the irritants that trigger them!
Not a day goes by when I don’t drive past some kind of road work being done. Road widening, ditching, and/or underground utility installation. And I drive past many farms where the farmers are doing SOMETHING in their fields where they are kicking up a storm of a dust cloud that could choke a horse!
These projects really kick up the dust! As the world’s population expands, I think that there is going to be a growing need for Dust Abatement and PM10 processes to protect the environment from erosion, as well as to protect the health of the population. Who knows what kinds of toxins could be kicked up in the air for us all to breathe in? We need to protect all of us, and Dust control will be an important part of that protection.