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Each of the San Jaoquin Valley's 2.5 million dairy cows produce 19.3 pounds of smog-forming volatile organic compounds a year making dairies the largest source of VOC emissions in the Valley. (San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District)

Animal Operations are among the leading causes of smog and air pollution in our area, due to methane, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and airborne waste from 400,000 dairy cattle in Fresno County.

Air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley costs our economy more than $3 billion by contributing to health problems, premature deaths, missed school days and decreased worker productivity. (The Health and Related Economic Benefits of Attaining Healthful Air in the San Joaquin Valley, a report by Professor Jane Hall of CSU Fullerton)

171,000 people in Fresno County experience asthma or asthma symptoms. (UCLA Center for Health Policy Research)

Discharges from dairy lagoons, corrals, and overapplication of manure on crop fields cause pollution of groundwater supplies with nitrates and salt. (University of California)

Every year, dairies emit more than 185 million pounds of ammonia, which combines with oxides of nitrogen to form PM 2.5, a fine particulate matter form of air pollution that is highly harmful to public health. (California Air Resources Board)

Smog caused by dairies and other air pollution sources causes 490,000 school absences per year. (California Air Resources Board)

There are more than 1,200 premature deaths each year in the Valley from long term exposure to PM 2.5. (California Air Resources Board)