Please correct the article below indicating that the "Health Effects" paper is a product of the Centers for Disease Control. This misinformation is repeated in at least three places. Best regards, Wendell Cox, Principal, Demographia

In addition, a message was sent to the Centers for Disease Control, as follows:

Per our discussion, here is the information. Please forward it to the appropriate person in the organization. An organization by the name of "Sprawlwatch" has issued a report (at http://www.sprawlwatch.org/health.pdf), which is authored by two CDC doctors. The report deals with the purported health impacts of sprawl and is being marketed by the Sierra Club as a CDC report. "the Sierra Club released a report today by the Centers for Disease Control " Please see the following email. Moreover, the cover of the report is produced in such a manner as to lead to the conclusion that CDC was a sponsor of this report. I might also say that the research, at least as it relates to the trends of auto use and air pollution, is considerably less than robust. Further, to link increased asthma to auto air pollution when auto air pollution has been dropping rapidly undermines the credibility of the report. It would seem useful for CDC to make it clear that it neither sponsored nor sanctioned this report. Thank you for your consideration. Best regards, Wendell Cox, Principal, Demographia Excerpt from Sierra Club e-mail (2001-11-02) [1] SPRAWL: Centers for Disease Control Report Documents Health Effects of Sprawl As if we didn't have enough reasons to oppose sprawl, the Sierra Club released a report today by the Centers for Disease Control that links sprawling communities to a host of public health problems. According to the health experts who wrote the report, sprawling development has led to a rise in asthma, obesity and pedestrian-auto traffic accidents. They attribute these correlations to the fact that Americans who live in suburban sprawl are dependent on their cars for transportation. This dependence on cars increases the pollution that triggers respiratory disease and discourages daily walking that can help keep people fit. The authors conclude that urban planners must take public health into consideration, and plan communities around people, not cars. In other words, those sprawl folks over at Sierra Club? They ain't lyin'!