It's a complicated issue, as I'm sure you're aware. A lot of different sicknesses are rising, and although it's very complicated to isolate different factors, there are strong linkages made between asthma rates and schools that are closer to highways. There's pretty strong evidence that smog in our cities is increasing asthma for our children.
I understand that the government is looking to strengthen CEPA and to potentially phase out some of the worst toxins that have been assessed by the government. We fully encourage that. We're looking forward to seeing the worst toxins being phased out.
Obviously there are practical limitations. We can't just eliminate all of them tomorrow. We're suggesting using a “toxics charge” as a means of phasing out some of the ones that can't be eliminated tomorrow. We'd put a charge on different toxics, based on how bad they are. The money generated could be recycled back into generating alternatives, through industry, that could be used to serve the same purposes but at less damage to society.