JG wrote:
"UCLA scientists have found that people who live and work near Santa
Monica Airport are exposed to high levels of air pollution -- a
significant health concern that has been largely associated with major
commercial airports such as LAX.

The word "poison" doesn't appear anywhere in the article.

The study, released Wednesday, shows that ultrafine particle emissions
were 10 times higher than normal about 300 feet downwind of the
runway's east end, where takeoffs generally start. The levels were 2.5
times higher than normal at a distance of about 2,000 feet.

Why didn't the study compare these levels with being 300 feet downwind of
an LA freeway?

But Martin Rubin, a community activist involved in airport issues,

So which was there first - Martin Rubin and the people in the community or
the airport?