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POLLUTION * USA - Study puts $6B price tag on bad air
Northern Valley escapes most of bad health effects
Modesto,CA,USA -The Modesto Bee, by Ken Carlson -November 13, 2008: -- A study puts a dollar amount on the adverse health effects of air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley... It's $6 billion or $1,600 per person each year, according to university researchers who released the study Wednesday... The lead authors at California State University, Fullerton, considered the human toll from air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California, where 20 million people live and the air is usually considered the dirtiest in the nation... By meeting federal standards for smog and minute particles known as PM2.5, the study said, the regions could avoid $28 billion in costs associated with premature deaths, asthma attacks, chronic bronchitis, hospital admissions, emergency room visits and lost work time...
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