Oregon kids face hazard getting to school: diesel fumes - Oregonian, March 15, 2009
Tens of thousands of Oregon schoolchildren who ride buses are exposed to potentially harmful fumes because of fuel system defects, according to the state Department of Environmental Quality.
But two bills in the Legislature that aim to help fix the problem may not advance out of committee, state officials and environmental activists said.
“I don’t think most parents realize that when they’re sending their children off to school, how dangerous it can be,” said Dana Kaye, executive director of the American Lung Association of Oregon, which is helping the DEQ encourage school districts to retrofit faulty buses.

















