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_ T __ Lansing has a reputation for being one of tilt. =1t in th"
e United States. Thi' is due, in part , to the w4r dune by tree ,iir rcilu-
_ tiJrt Seard and the cooperation given that Hoard by business, induatr
and citizens in the Lan--in, area. but. it rea.�sine that the air we bretsLnF
0I i cast be dirty. Unle:j6 iC 1& kepi. i..C'F:�: t:tf'i'1�:i .f:c r,2fJTL� 7�, .tlC Air
!' Y$ Pollution Heard and its le��Al autborzty, aIIJ wit:: the itilp of the ciL;.-
Zenry In calling to the board, 5 Offer,:,es a6a-lnst .he air pol-
a
ution sec ,-Ion of Lansing':: Cit, .;cde , this air can become a menace.
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The Air Pollution Board is more interested in compliance »ith the law
than with the conviction of offer:ders.
By the same token it shoula cic F;oinled out tnat the Air PollutL;;n Bcard
works in close cooperation with the Michigan Department of Health. The
servibes of the Division of Occupatior:al Health of Lpe Michigan Depart-
ent of Health are available to local government budieu and to industrial
corns on a consulting basis, providing ar:sistanee in the evaluaticn and
bntrol of air pollution pro 8urire o►nd studies :nay be undertaken
to determine t 9 qy quality of airborne pollution.
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Where definitive health proble ssociated with an air pollution
the Hian Depart of Health joins local agencies in the
ic. through appropriate action.