We are not alone. There are tire burning cement plants polluting our air and water all over the world. Major plants in Texas, California, Michigan, and England are all the focus of intense efforts to save the environment and prevent cancer by local groups. *See links. Organizations like the National Citizens Alliance and Downwinders (Texas local group) and the U.K group National Alliance for Cleaner Kilns all have active web sites full of information and links.This is happening all over. In pristine valleys in Scotland, on the plains of Texas, next to lake Michigan, in San Mateo, California, next to silicon valley, tires are burning sending toxic air pollutants upward to fall into the lungs of our children.
Cement plants are often built in the most beautiful pristine areas. Limestone deposits of ancient sea beds nestle in the soft valleys and are the bedrock of tiny villages worldwide. Then it all changes, the cement plant comes and the valley is transformed, the children get leukemia, the air is fouled, and the trucks roll in. the quality of life is ruined, and the sacred earth changed.
We must protect what is left worldwide, work together, be one.