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Show I All must be involved in solution JL- t conference at BYU pointed out that if Provo's Universit " & 1 nue was equipped with an adequate, computerized traffif ''r) trol system, CO levels near the EPA s testing areas 2 & reduced by 50 percent. , Provo City and the Department of Transportation are . Q$ ine on the problem, and they have been ever since We$ v testing our automobiles. But don t look for the systemji installed until this fall -or later. Fact 4. Clean air is everybody s problem, and we are apj of the solution. r Every resident of this valley can help preserve ourairt driving less or sharing rides, burning wood less or m0ret 1 ciently looking for ways to stop polluting our environment I Government agencies must act. Industry must responds X tively. And most of all, all of us must care about the quality I' : sir I We can have both prosperity and a beautiful, valley, but only if we all work together, instead of tearing other down. And only if we work in a spirit of coopeation ratk, j than competition. j t rf the pollution in could look at this study and then dismiss it. n h this valley is no worse than in other urban areas' the other air is unhealthy, too. That is unacceptaDie Fact 2. Utah Valley air violates EPA standards both tor particulate pollution, largely due to Geneva, ana monoxide, largely due to the amount of automobile iw unless something is done, the valley stands to tace sa from the federal government. art of the Fact 3. Local and state government bear a large pa responsibility for cleaning up our air. Geneva Steel ao have to meet federal particuate standards until tne develops an Implementation Plan that will spell out what trie steel plant must do to clean up its emmissions. Until there i plan, there will be no compliance . That is not an indictment of the steel maker, simply an acknowledgement of standard corporate policy. The state is in the driver's seat when it comes to Geneva's pollution Local residents have done their share to help bring down trie CO levels in our valley by complying with the emissions testing which was forced on us two years ago. The result has been a dramatic reduction in local CO levels. The past two weeks of turmoil in Utah Valley may, in the long run, produce greater health, physically and economically, for all of Utah Valley. But not if individuals persist in viewing the air pollution problem as an issue with the pro-Geneva forces on one side and the anti-pollution forces on the other. What must happen, instead, is a community effort that will create clean air without endangering the livelihoods of county residents. That is going to require a less combative attitude among some individuals on both sides of the crucial issue. Here are some of the facts that Utah Valley residents must face: Fact 1. Utah Valley air is unhealthy. A first-of-its-kind study on the effects of local air pollution shows that twice as many local children go to the hospital for respiratory ailments when Geneva is operating as did when the plant was shut down. More adults get sick, too, but not as many as the children. The study looks at all other factors and concludes that the increased pollution from Geneva is responsible for the increase in illnesses. It is hard to believe that an area that so values its children |