Physicians oppose quarry - EIR report validates air quality concerns

County commissioners in Riverside are reviewing a permit for a gravel pit mine planned for just south of Temecula. The operation of this quarry will include the blasting of crystalline silica dust into the air. The wind blows directly from the proposed quarry site into Temecula, where about 30,000 children play on playgrounds and where thousands of people with chronic health conditions live. Crystalline silica contains particles so small that they get into the part of our children’s lungs where oxygen enters the blood.

As a pediatrician, I am concerned about children with asthma and premature...