Whereas the high number of older, heavy-duty diesel trucks travelling on residential-adjacent trucking routes exposes homes, schools, businesses and residents to significant traffic pollution linked to increased risk of respiratory diseases, such as asthma and heart disease. Of particular danger is soot, which is indicative of diesel exhaust, a carcinogen associated with lung cancer; And whereas according to a July 2018 study by University of Toronto professors in collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks, and Metro Vancouver, elevated levels of traffic pollution can be detected as far as 250 metres from major roads, puttingthousands of British Columbians at risk of suffering serious health issues from living on or near commercial transport trucking routes: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM lobby the provincial and federal governments to significantly strengthen regulations restricting traffic pollution, particularly of the particulates soot emitted by heavy-duty vehicles as well as requiring fuel alternatives that significantly reduce pollution on residentialadjacent commercial transport routes.
