Air pollution from China reaching U.S. skies

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that on certain days nearly 25 percent of the particulate matter in the skies above Los Angeles can be traced to China. Some experts predict China could one day account for a third of all California's air pollution.

Dan Jaffe, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Washington, said he has detected ozone, carbon monoxide, mercury and particulate matter from Asia at monitoring sites on Mount Bachelor in Oregon and Cheeka Peak in Washington state.

"There is some amount of the pollution in the air we breathe coming from halfway around the world," Jaffe said. "There ultimately is no 'away.' There is no place where you can put away your pollution anymore."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060728/ap_on_re_us/trans_pacific_pollution

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1. The funny thing about this is that the whole world is dealing with...

...global warming which the United States more-than-signifigantly contributes to and refuses to acknowledge- yet there is some upset when Chinese pollution is found in our own skies.

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3. Amazing, isn't it?

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2. One of the external costs of cheap Chinese goods