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===Contact/s===
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==Press Release==
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''Notes for editors''
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Some facts:
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--There are about 160,000 road accidents in Canada every year. According to the Transportation Safety Board approximately 2800 to 2900 people are killed on Canadian roads each year.
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* Estimates of road fatalities worldwide: anywhere from 500,000 to 1.17 million people die on the roads every year — 10 million are estimated to be injured.
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* Forecasts indicate that by 2030 this will have risen to 2 million deaths a year, and 50 million injuries.
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* The cumulative death total in the period 1995-2030 is estimated to be 50 million.
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* Globally, accidents produce about 800,000 permanently handicapped people per year. (7)
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* In the U.S., the American Lung Association estimate that between 10,000 and 24,000 people die each year as a result of traffic related air pollution.
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* The work of epidemiologists and public health specialists in the U.S. and U.K. indicate that up to 60,000 Americans and 10,000 British are killed each year as a result of particulate pollution.
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--Exhaust fumes cause acid air, pollution, cancer, lead-poisoning and a variety of bronchial and respiratory illnesses. The average car emits a cocktail of more than 1,000 pollutants including:
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* Tetraethyl Lead
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* Benzene (No safe level of airborne benzene can be recommended, as benzene is carcinogenic to humans and there is no known safe threshold level)
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* Carbon Monoxide
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* Nitrogen Dioxide
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* Nitric Oxide and Nitrogen Dioxide: together play major role in formation of acid rain
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* Low Level Ozone
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* Sulfurous Emissions: cause soil and water acidification, damage to plants (especially trees, mosses and certain lichens), and smog.
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* The Institute for European Environmental Policy has published a report showing that car drivers breathe in up to three times more toxic exhaust fumes than pedestrians or cyclists. Cars do not protect drivers from pollution, as motorists are driving in a "tunnel of pollution." Car drivers in the centre or outside lanes are subject to a huge buildup of toxic gases. Cyclists and pedestrians who stay close to the curb avoid the worst of the pollution as they are not in the pollution tunnel.
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* The Swedish National Chemicals Inspectorate has reported that wear and tear on car tyres releases tiny airborne particles called PM10s, which may cause cancer. Car tyres are the main source of PM10 pollutants, which have also been linked to 10,000 premature deaths in Britain each year from lung and heart disease.
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'''The Environmental Cost of One Car:'''
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''Extracting Raw Materials:''
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26.5 tonnes of waste
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922 cubic metres of polluted air
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''Transporting Raw Materials:''
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12 litres of crude oil in the ocean
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425 million cubic metres of polluted air
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''Producing the Car:''
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1.5 tonnes of waste
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74 million cubic metres of polluted air
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'Driving the Car:''
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18.4 kilos of abrasive waste
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1,016 million cubic metres of polluted air
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''Disposing of the Car:''
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102 million cubic metres of polluted air
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''A car causes more pollution before it's ever driven than in its entire lifetime of driving.''
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===Contact/s===
 
*Email [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]] to join this ride and for more information
 
*Email [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]] to join this ride and for more information
  

Revision as of 18:27, 6 May 2008

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First ride for this city!

Nelson, BC is a quaint, quirky little mountain town, much like South Park.

We are pleased to be holding Nelson's first annual World Naked Bike Ride on Saturday, 7 June 2008.

    • In the event of bad weather on the 7th, the ride will be held the following Saturday, 14 June 2008.**

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Date: Saturday 7 June 2008
Time: 12 noon
Location: Iode Park between Sidewinders and Gerick Cycles & Sports

Route: Slow riding down Baker Street to Ward Street turning right, then straight down Ward Street/3A through the light, looping down and ending at Lakeside Park, in parade procession style.

Children may participate but are not the responsibility of The Cacophony Society of Nelson, BC.


History

2008 will be Nelson's first ride

Links

Local Press Contacts

To schedule interviews with riders, please contact a member of the Nelson, BC WNBR press team:

Eva Brauwn--Nelson BC WNBR Coordinator [email protected] tel: 250.354.1045

Press Release

Notes for editors Some facts:

--There are about 160,000 road accidents in Canada every year. According to the Transportation Safety Board approximately 2800 to 2900 people are killed on Canadian roads each year.

  • Estimates of road fatalities worldwide: anywhere from 500,000 to 1.17 million people die on the roads every year — 10 million are estimated to be injured.
  • Forecasts indicate that by 2030 this will have risen to 2 million deaths a year, and 50 million injuries.
  • The cumulative death total in the period 1995-2030 is estimated to be 50 million.
  • Globally, accidents produce about 800,000 permanently handicapped people per year. (7)
  • In the U.S., the American Lung Association estimate that between 10,000 and 24,000 people die each year as a result of traffic related air pollution.
  • The work of epidemiologists and public health specialists in the U.S. and U.K. indicate that up to 60,000 Americans and 10,000 British are killed each year as a result of particulate pollution.

--Exhaust fumes cause acid air, pollution, cancer, lead-poisoning and a variety of bronchial and respiratory illnesses. The average car emits a cocktail of more than 1,000 pollutants including:

  • Tetraethyl Lead
  • Benzene (No safe level of airborne benzene can be recommended, as benzene is carcinogenic to humans and there is no known safe threshold level)
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Nitrogen Dioxide
  • Nitric Oxide and Nitrogen Dioxide: together play major role in formation of acid rain
  • Low Level Ozone
  • Sulfurous Emissions: cause soil and water acidification, damage to plants (especially trees, mosses and certain lichens), and smog.
  • The Institute for European Environmental Policy has published a report showing that car drivers breathe in up to three times more toxic exhaust fumes than pedestrians or cyclists. Cars do not protect drivers from pollution, as motorists are driving in a "tunnel of pollution." Car drivers in the centre or outside lanes are subject to a huge buildup of toxic gases. Cyclists and pedestrians who stay close to the curb avoid the worst of the pollution as they are not in the pollution tunnel.
  • The Swedish National Chemicals Inspectorate has reported that wear and tear on car tyres releases tiny airborne particles called PM10s, which may cause cancer. Car tyres are the main source of PM10 pollutants, which have also been linked to 10,000 premature deaths in Britain each year from lung and heart disease.

The Environmental Cost of One Car:

Extracting Raw Materials: 26.5 tonnes of waste 922 cubic metres of polluted air

Transporting Raw Materials: 12 litres of crude oil in the ocean 425 million cubic metres of polluted air

Producing the Car: 1.5 tonnes of waste 74 million cubic metres of polluted air ' 'Driving the Car: 18.4 kilos of abrasive waste 1,016 million cubic metres of polluted air

Disposing of the Car: 102 million cubic metres of polluted air

A car causes more pollution before it's ever driven than in its entire lifetime of driving. 

===Contact/s===

Website/s

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Discussion group/s

There is presently a discussion on Facebook, but it's a 'secret' group...do a facebook search for Eva Brauwn to join the discussion there.

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