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Posted Sun Feb 7 2010: from Chicago Daily Herald: Traffic's the biggest contributor to the region's air pollution http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1265555303 Downtown Chicago has the highest peak levels of nitrogen dioxide in the country, and is the only site in violation of new stricter guidelines against the irritant, which inflames asthma and other lung conditions. That news raised the question of how bad is the Chicago area's overall air quality, 40 years after the Clean Air Act as we know it was created... Forbes magazine recently rated the Chicago metropolitan area as having the second-worst air quality of any big city in the nation, based on a federal 2007 report on the number of days with unhealthy air... Today, the number one cause of air pollution is traffic. [Read more stories about: airborne pollutants, contamination] New!: Your Quips: dumbgrid says: "nice try doc jim" Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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