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“THIS IS AMERICA, RIGHT?� – SEVERE ASTHMA SUFFERERS IN ARVIN, CA WANT TO KNOW

Topic: Departmentalized - Federal Agencies, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Once in a Lifetime
27. August 2007 | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post |

NPR’s Sasha Khoka reports on Weekend Edition Saturday that the California town of Arvin has the worst smog problem in the nation and . . . apparently there’s nothing that citizens or even Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger can do about it.  The state environmental agency and the EPA are expected to sign off soon on clean air regulations that will put off the deadline for improving Arvin’s air quality for eleven years.  Hear the full story here.

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One Response to ““THIS IS AMERICA, RIGHT?â€? – SEVERE ASTHMA SUFFERERS IN ARVIN, CA WANT TO KNOW”

  1. Edward Hodgman:

    Arvin is getting more attention — Sonya Geis of the Washington Post writes here about the smog-beset residents of this unfortunate city, where asthma occurs at a rate 44% above the national incidence.


    comment at 08. October 2007

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