FRESNO HEALTH DAIRY COMMISSION RELEASES CLEANWER AIR PROPOSAL.

In an attempt to deflect the respiratory consequences of an estimated 50,000 cows arriving in Fresno during the next five years, the Fresno Healthy Dairy Commission, including the American Lung Association, Dr. Lee Snyder and Respiratory Therapist Brian Ladd, urges the Board of Supervisors to include a set of clean-air standards in their forthcoming zoning ordinance. Over thirty community organizations and leaders have endorsed this sixteen-member Commission.

Each of the San Joaquin Valley's 2.5 million dairy cows produces 19.3 pounds of smog-forming volatile organic compounds a ...