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[โ€“] IMongoose@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Does anyone have the bill text? Because this is incredibly broad:

The bill forbids "intentional injection, release, or dispersion" of chemicals into the air.

I was originally wondering if they had a crop-dusting exception, but that line would include air fresheners and maybe everything coming out of a spray bottle. What about car wiper fluid? Car washes? Car exhaust? Normal farm pesticides? Sneezing??? Do they define air or chemicals anywhere? I want to know how well this is thought out.

[โ€“] arin@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

High altitude doesn't matter but if you're next to an airport... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32639745/

[โ€“] shottymcb@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

If you're living near a small airport you also get lead dumped on you because small planes still use leaded gas. They don't have to, they were just never required to stop so they didn't.