The Irony of Non Smokers, Cars, and Children
As a society, we have all been well versed on the negative
health impact on our children from second hand smoke. Many
parents have become proactive and either kicked the "habit" or
elected not to smoke in their homes and/or vehicles.
A society, priding ourselves on protecting innocent children,
we've even enacted laws requiring seatbelts, toddler seats, and
infant seats to optimize their safety.
We've resoundingly said "No" to cigarette smoke and "No" to
traveling without seatbelts. Yet ironically, we've obliviously
accepted "YES" when it comes to exposing our precious cargo to
the deadly effects of exhaust emissions.
It's like going all out taking precautions to protect our
children against chicken pox, but apathetic when exposing them
to small pox.
Children 6 and under, including unborn fetuses, are especially
susceptible to toxic exhaust emissions.
Daily our children inhale poisonous substances into their little
lungs - toxic entities with devastating long term and/or
immediate life-threatening affects.
While we happily motor down the highway, children safely secured
by seatbelts, along with millions of other drivers, we are
spewing into the environment deadly emissions via the process of
burning gas, bio-diesel, or diesel in our engines: