Way to go Bernie! Keep up the good work!

Aloha and mahalo for your work related to air pollution. it will be interesting to see future vog statistics. i'm sure not everyone will be pleased to be "in the know", but that doesn't make the truth any less valuable or necessary.
unfortunately, air conditioning isn't a viable option for many who live here, especially those who can't afford the high cost of electricity and/or who want to use less fossil fuels (which is so easy to do with a climate that is so conducive to outdoor-style, open air living). More options for healthy survival (use of natural remedies, better diets, relocation?) may be needed. And, hopefully, your work will help motivate others to find ways to avoid adding man-made pollutio to the unavoidable volcanic mix, so that those of us who live here can stay and those who want to visit can do so.

What a time to be in Washington! Keep up the good work Bernie!

Dear Bernadette,

Thank you so much for the work you are doing. I am a property manager and thank's to the work being done, I have proper answers to the questions of my guests.

I support you! Thank you for all of your efforts!

Thank you for taking time away from your home and family to represent mother earth and all of her children.
We need advocates like you to stand up for our fundamental right to breath clean air.
You are making a huge difference and we support you!

Thanks for doing these great things Bernie

Thank you Dr. Longo for all of your hard work! We appreciate your leadership as an activist and instructor. I just learned about some of the environmental issues you mentioned in Nevada, such as the gold mining, and I am glad we have smart people looking out for our best interests. Allergies in Nevada are a problem, and the addition of pollution only makes them worse. I know everything I learned from you will help me in my future in Public Health Nursing.

Aloha mai Bernadette,

Mahalo for doing this work. I personally know families that have moved from Hawai'i because one or more members of the family were having severe reactions to the vog, mostly asthma, flu-like symptoms, burning eyes, throats, and lungs.

At this time, a neighbor and her husband have moved back into their home to give living on their three acre farm one more chance after moving away because of severe vog impacts to her health.

Will the biofuels plants that are being planned on the Big Island place additional sulfur dioxide into our already awful air?

Thank you so much for raising the public perception to this problem.

Before Ms. Longo came to the Big Island to do a real epidemiological study, the powers-that-be in Hawaii were happy to ignore the whole problem of vog. They were afraid it would be bad for Tourism and Property Values, the twin pillars of our economy. Thanks to Ms. Longo, the health effects of vog are now being seriously discussed and measures are being taken to minimize the hazards. All the Downwind People of Hawaii owe her a big debt of gratitude. Thank You, Bernie.

Thank you for doing this, Bernadette. I'm on Kauai, where we seem to be seeing long term effects from vog exposure. We've also got incidental evidence that the vog is linked to seizures in two children. Thank you for all your efforts!

Clean air is essential for a healthy community. Thank you for working to make our communities healthier places to live and work.

Mahalo,
Maureen

I have asthma and spend about 3 hours a day on a nebulizer inhaling three medications. they help, but my lungs are still quite constricted especially when the vog comes over to Maui from the Big Island. I appreciate your efforts to bring about cleaner air for the airways of all of us.

You have my support Bernie!

Who could be a better ambassador for clean air????

Aloha and Mahalo for all your efforts already!!! Jewel

Good luck, Bernadette!