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You Can Choose Where You Live, but Can You Choose to Breathe Clean Air?

April 14, 2009

Posted by Jessica Lass in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment

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airpollution, asthma, cityoflongbeach, dieselparticulate, middleharbor, portoflongbeach, portoflosangeles

Is it really a choice to breathe clean air? A recent study announces that in addition to exercise and diet, clean air gains since the 1980s can add about two and a half years to the average American's life expectancy....continued

When the LA Air Tastes Like Burning

April 7, 2009

Posted by Jessica Lass in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment

Tags:
bus, dieselparticulate, dieselpollution, eastla, marathons, publictransit, rail, transitpeople, transitrace

You know the winded feeling you get after exerting yourself a bit too much for too long? For me, that feeling usually happens with running, mainly since it isn't my favorite form of exercise and I don't find myself sprinting...continued

Jessica Lass
Jessica Lass
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Santa Monica
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