Saving Kids from Air Pollution

The Mothers for Clean Air Colorado have formed recently to safeguard children from air pollution, especially air pollution from vehicle traffic.

Study after study after study after study has found that kids living or going to school near busy highways are often denied the healthy future they deserve. Some of these studies are posted on the Mothers' website.

The issue is a no-brainer; who could possibly be opposed to helping kids have a healthy future? Well, our assertion may be put to the test here soon.

The Colorado legislature is considering HB-1293, a bill that would keep schools safe from air pollution. The bill makes sense. We protect kids from violence and drugs in schools; why not protect them from air pollution?

HB-1293 should sail through the Colorado legislature. Then again, some members of the Colorado legislature are trying to thwart efforts to protect people from air pollution coming from oil and gas development.