By David L. Weisman
As we were discussing the other day at the coffeehouse:
Prop. 65 (the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986) requires all the gasoline-dispensing stations in Culver City to have signs saying something toxic is present.
When I, as a customer, breathe in, as I operate the pump, I get my dose of those toxics.
What can the City Council do to help me reduce that (weekly) dose for myself and for the typical Culver City resident?
One answer: Require each station to fly a brightly colored windsock or pennant, which, if strategically placed, would show everybody the direction the wind and air are not coming from. This would encourage and enable customers to face into that wind so that they could breathe fresher (if not entirely fresh) air!
Remember the old Chinese proverb: “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single (small) step.”
Mr. Weisman, a longtime member of the Culver City Democratic Club, may be contacted at davidlweisman3@hotmail.com
