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WEST CHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS $30,000 TO REDUCE EMISSIONS.

Industrial Environment,  July, 2005  

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On behalf of Governor Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania, Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty has awarded $30,000 to West Chester Area School District to purchase and install diesel filters on six school buses to help protect students' health by reducing harmful emissions from particulate matter, hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide.

"Diesel emissions can decrease lung function and aggravate serious respiratory illnesses such as asthma -- the leading cause of school absenteeism nationwide," Secretary McGinty said. "This grant will help the school ...

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