Kilowatt Ours Interviews
Dr. Clay Ballantine - Asheville, North Carolina
According to the Clean Air Task Force’s May 2002 report “Children
at Risk: How Air Pollution from Power Plants Threaten the Health of America’s
Children,” “children remain particularly susceptible to pollution
because their defense mechanisms have not yet fully developed, increasing their
susceptibility to the harmful effects of pollution. Children also breathe more
rapidly and have more lung surface area for their body size compared to adults,
which means they take in more air per minute and inhale more air for their size.
In fact, pound-for-pound, children breathe 50 perfect more air than do adults,
and as a result, our children inhale a greater percentage of pollution”
(2).
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Relevant Links:
- Clean Air Task Force: Power Plant Pollution Locator
