Our dreaded smog season is here. The last thing we need is the proposed inland port, which would add thousands of additional diesel trucks to the valley each day, further polluting our dirty air.
As a fourth-year medical student and future pediatrician, I am very concerned about the effects of the proposed inland port on the health of the children of Salt Lake Valley. Decades of studies have demonstrated that pollution ravages human health, particularly for infants and children, whose developing bodies and brains are vulnerable to even the tiniest quantities of toxins.
To Derek Miller and the members of the Inland Port Board: Just as you wouldn’t give your children cigarettes, please don’t give Utah’s children this toxic port.
Hanna Saltzman, Salt Lake City
