Three Section Notes (Part 2)

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Article: Associations between asthma emergency visits and particulate matter sources, including diesel emissions from stationary generators in Tacoma, Washington.
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Main Idea: Pollution in Tacoma is apparent and is also affecting everyone in Tacoma.
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Evidence: "[These] studies have found associations between PM 2.5 [Fine particle matter] and asthma symptoms, medication use, increased hospitalization for patients less than 65 years of age, and increased level of Nitrogen Oxide in exhaled breath in children in a panel study."
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Response: Since this article has found associations between health problems and the air pollution in Tacoma, People will need to take notice of the effects and make a difference to have healthier air.

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Article: Time-Series Study on Air Pollution and Mortality.
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Main Idea: Effects of living with fine air pollution in Beijing.
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Evidence: " [the] concentration of air pollutants was related to the changes on daily number of mortality, especially for mortality on respiratory disease and cardiovascular disease.”
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Response: Although conducted in Beijing, it still applies to Tacoma. It still measures the effects of the same air pollution in Tacoma.

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Article: Tacoma-Pierce County Nonattainment Area.

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Main Idea: Facts about the air pollution in Tacoma, Washington.

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Evidence: “Fine particles are easily inhaled deep into our lungs and travel into the lungs and circulatory system… Exposure to fine particle pollution is linked to decreased heart and lung function, respiratory disease, asthma attacks, heart attacks, strokes, and premature death.”

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Reason: This from the Department of Health. They set standards for how much exhaust and particles can be released in the air. And since this is coming from a government website describing Tacomas air pollution, it must be a problem.

An Outline for My Written Researched Proposal (FINAL EDIT)

Intro -       

Hook: Clean air is something that is essential to peoples health and life. Air that cities, like Tacoma, do not have.

Motive: 1. It's important because it is affecting everyone who is living in Tacoma.

             2. EPA is fining factories around Tacoma for Clean Air Act Violations.

             3. Get this known to the public.

Thesis: People need to pay attention to Tacoma's air quality because it can affect the people living in Tacoma and even the state of Washington in negative ways.

Map: Begin by discussing about Tacoma. Then talk about the air quality and its effects on peoples health and house values. And finish by talking about the solution to fixing this problem and why it would work. 

Problem -    

What is it?: Air pollution in Tacoma using information from this and this

Why It's a problem?: Affects economy and health of individuals who have been living in Tacoma within the last decade using information from this, this, this, and this. 

Solution -     

What is it?: To notify the public about this problem.

Why?: To get people to notice this problem by discussing economic consequences with this 

Conclusion - 

 I am not the smartest individual to solve this kind of problem. But if this problem is discussed with other people, it has a greater chance to reach the ears of someone who can help with these problems.

Synthetic Matrix

Using the sources from this...


Themes                       Source #1 (Tacoma Refinery)           Source #2 (Environment vs. Real Estate)


Pollution                     Talks about the oil refinery               talks about effects of pollution on house
                                    being fined for causing air                values.
                                    pollution.


Financial                     Factory is fined for going                  People want to pay less for houses in
Consequences             against EPA act.                                polluted areas.


Research/Studies         EPA of Puget Sound studied             source is a research paper to find house
                                     Tacoma Refinery and found             values in polluted areas.
                                     violations.

concluding sentence to "texting is the new talking"

If texting is a form of communication now, think of all the possibilities of a new communication for the future!

Three Section Notes (Part 1)

Thesis: Air pollution in Tacoma should be noticed in order to find a solution to their pollution.
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Article: US Oil and Refining Co. in Tacoma, WA settles with federal and local air authorities for Clean Air Act Violations
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Main Idea: Air emissions from factories in Tacoma have been unsafe.
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Evidence: "The Tacoma Refinery, which can process over 39,000 barrels [of oil] per day, had a range of Clean Air Act violations between 1993 and 2006".

Craig Kenworthy, an executive director of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, states in the above article that " large operations like US Oil must comply with the standards that protect the health of the people in the region" (Kenworthy).
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Response: The PSCAA set the standard for how much pollutants a factory in the Puget Sound can release into the air and maintain a safety of breathable air. And since the Tacoma Refinery has been going against their standards, it proves that the air pollution in Tacoma caries a health risk.

Now this is just one factory. But if you were to overlook Tacoma on a hill, and Tacoma IS on a hill, you could see smoke stacks and cranes by the harbor. Which means that there are multiple factories. And it's possible that they have contributed to Tacoma's air pollution.
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Article: A Meta Analysis of the Effect of Environmental Contamination and Positive Amenities on residential Real Estate Values
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Main Idea: Pollution decreases the value of houses.
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Evidence: In the sixth paragraph, about the study conducted by Smith and Huang (1995), they found agencies would be more willing to pay for an estate for each unit reduction in air quality.
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Response: People's homes in Tacoma are in a spot of air pollution, thus it is reducing the value of their house or their apartment or their condominium.

Although my first article talks about factories while my last article talks about estates being affected, the point remains that some help is needed for Tacoma's air.