Word: lungfuls
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DIESEL EXHAUST Grimy fumes from buses and trucks may boost lung-cancer rates. The Clinton Administration has called for new, low-sulfur fuel use in all diesel engines starting in 2007, perhaps cutting carcinogens...
SECONDHAND SMOKE Big Tobacco may howl, but the government's verdict is in, and secondhand smoke is now considered a known human carcinogen, leading to lung cancer even in nonsmokers...
TOBACCO A no-brainer. Cigarettes are the leading preventable cause of cancer in developed countries and are implicated in malignancies of the lung, larynx and esophagus...
Very few of us are breathing easy these days. That grim news comes courtesy of an American Lung Association study, released Tuesday, that rates the air quality in cities across the nation - and hands failing grades to nearly half. Those receiving F's include a broad cluster of California cities, as well as many other, less predictable metropolitan areas like Birmingham, Ala., and Wilmington, Del. Leaping to the defense of recent, tougher anti-smog regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency has already criticized the report, claiming the ALA rankings, while technically accurate, don't represent the efforts of many pollution-prone...
Obviously, the ALA is not interested in whether it is hurting anyone's feelings - it just wants to ensure that city dwellers have clean air to breathe. Responding to EPA criticism, officials at the Lung Association insist their analysis and report card serves to focus valuable public attention on smog's burgeoning threat to the elderly and young, as well as to asthma sufferers of all ages. Many in the medical community tend to agree. "Poor air quality, which can be influenced by a variety of fumes, chemicals and allergens, is arguably the leading cause of triggers for most asthmatics...