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Air Pollution * USA - Less smog, but more soot in East
The United States is less smoggy than it used to be, but dangerous soot particles are rising in the densely populated eastern part of the countryWashington,DC,USA -Reuters, by Deborah Zabarenko -May 1, 2007: -- The American Lung Association reported on Tuesday, in its annual State of the Air report, the reductions in smog since its peak in 2002, and blamed the rise in soot -- also called particle pollution -- on coal-fired power plants in the East... "Particle pollution is lethal, it can kill you," the association's Janice Nolen said in a telephone interview. Fine soot particles can get trapped deep in the lungs and can lead to heart attack, stroke, lung cancer and asthma attacks, Nolen said... Major sources of soot also include emissions from diesel vehicles including school buses, barges, trucks, tugboats and construction equipment, she said... Even as the national level of ozone declined, a key component of smog, 99 million people in the United States live in counties with failing grades for ozone, according to the report...
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