Please write to the American Lung Association about their ad campaign

December 17, 2008

The ALA is raising funds (once again) by encouraging supporters to purchase gift

certificates for people to use at golf courses. They call it giving the 'gift

of health'. Please tell them you won't contribute unless they rethink the

wisdom of inferring that golf is a healthy pastime or anything less than a

considerable source of destruction to both health and the environment. You can

reach their contact site from the ad page noted below.

Barb Rubin

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My letter to the ALA:

Dear ALA,

Once again, I must strenuously object

to your extremely poor choice of partners for your fund raising

efforts. The fact you speak of golf courses and 'health' in the same

phrase in your site title, is truly an oxymoron.

I am a severe asthmatic and cannot even

drive past a golf course. In selecting among the few 'asthma

friendly' rental apartments on the market today, one of the first

things I do is conduct a satellite map search to ensure there are no

nearby farms or golf courses.

Employees and those who live on the

fringes of these toxic amusement sites, are subject to serious

illnesses including lung ailments. The very idea of bringing

children to a country club setting where hazardous pesticides and

herbicides (including some banned for residential uses), is contrary

to the mission of the ALA.

Please review this request for your

supporters to spend money on an industry that is destructive to

health and our environment. Most importantly, you must remove the

inference made in this advertisement

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that golf and good health go hand in

hand. When the PGA recommends golf courses shift to organic

maintenance policies, I will definitely be first on line to make my

contribution.

Yours truly,

Barbara Rubin

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