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July 10, 2009, 1 e-mail

From: Clean Train Coalition

The Clean Train Coalition
encourages people of all ages to join us for the

  

Clean Air for Little Lungs Stroller Parade

July 20th - 10 am - Queen's Park

Metrolinx, the provincial transit authority, is proposing to increase the current 50 trains that run along the Union Station to Georgetown rail corridor to as many as 500 diesel trains a day, making it the busiest diesel rail corridor on the planet.

Diesel fumes produce a chemical soup of toxic air contaminants which have been implicated in a host of illnesses to which children are especially vulnerable, including cancer, respiratory problems, reproductive and developmental disorders. There are 76 schools and 96 daycare centres within a kilometre of the tracks.

The toxins in diesel fumes are carried on the wind for up to 200 miles from source. Hundreds of diesel trains running through the heart of west Toronto will add significantly to greenhouse gases and pollution in the entire GTA and beyond.

Please join us in sending a message to Premier McGuinty that only clean electric trains should be added to rail traffic through the densely populated urban communities of Toronto.

For more information visit http://www.cleantrain.ca/littlelungs.php. You can also check out and RSVP to out Facebook Page.

Please forward this email to all your contacts and see you on the 20th!


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