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<H1><FONT size=2>We should all feel so proud to live in an area that is
#1!</FONT></H1>
<H1><FONT size=2>L.A. again tops list of nation's most polluted</FONT></H1>
<P class=textBodyBlack>The ALA (American Lung Association) listed these urban
areas as the worst across the United States:</P>
<P class=textBodyBlack><SPAN id=byLine></SPAN><FONT color=#ff0000>1: Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, Calif.</FONT><BR>2: Pittsburgh-New Castle,
Pa.<BR>3: Bakersfield, Calif.<BR>4: Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, Ala.<BR>5:
Detroit-Warren-Flint, Mich.<BR>6: Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, Ohio<BR>7:
Visalia-Porterville, Calif.<BR>8: Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, Ohio, Ky.,
Ind.<BR>9: Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, Ind.<BR>10: St. Louis-St.
Charles-Farmington, Mo., Ill.<BR>11: Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, Ill.,
Ind., Wis. (tie)<BR>11: Lancaster, Pa.<BR>13: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville,
Ga., Ala.<BR>14: York-Hanover-Gettysburg, Pa.<BR>15: Fresno-Madera, Calif.
(tie)<BR>15: Weirton-Steubenville, W.Va., Ohio<BR>17: Hanford-Corcoran, Calif.
(tie)<BR>17: New York-Newark-Bridgeport, N.Y., N.J., Conn.<BR>19:
Canton-Massillon, Ohio<BR>20: Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, D.C., Md.,
Va. (tie)<BR>20: Charleston, W.Va.<BR>22: Louisville-Jefferson
County-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, Ky., Ind.<BR>23: Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.,
Ky., Ohio<BR>24: Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, Pa., N.J., Del., Md. (tie)<BR>24:
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, Md., W.Va.<BR>24: Rome, Ga.</P></FONT></DIV>
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href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18413570/?GT1=9951">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18413570/?GT1=9951</A><BR>------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Christopher
E. Oufiero<BR>Ph.D. Candidate<BR>Deptartment of Biology<BR>University of
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