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nikibatts

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8. I remember in the 60's and 70's when summer heat and auto fumes would practically kill me.

Reply to karynnj (Reply #6)

Wed May 31, 2017, 01:22 PM

May 2017

I couldn't breath and had to stay inside a lot. Over the past 40 years the smog and stifling air pollution have significantly abated. Anyone who believes that pollution standards are not useful and beneficial must be nuts.

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