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Field burning ban long overdue; why wait longer?

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-SEP-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Field burning ban long overdue; why wait longer?(Local Opinion)

Article Excerpt
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Charlie Tebbutt and Dan Galpern For The Register-Guard

Gov. Ted Kulongoski's recent acknowledgement that field burning smoke constitutes a serious threat to public health, coupled with the fact that alternatives to burning are readily available and currently employed by the majority of grass seed growers in Oregon and Washington, means that no one else should be forced to suffer through another season of field burning.

Enough is enough!

The Register-Guard's Sept. 7 editorial supporting the governor's new proposal to phase out field burning over three years is regrettable, because swifter protection is easily within reach.

We eagerly extend, on behalf of the Campaign to End Field Burning, our thanks to...

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