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Article: LA reclaims smog city crown; Move over, Houston: Los Angeles is back on top of the air pollution charts and its bay is clanking with heavy metals. Ros Davidson reports from a city choking on its own dirt
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- November 4, 2001
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IN the land of Mickey Mouse, smog is once again king. For two
years Los Angeles has been relegated to second place in the contest
to be America's smoggiest city. But it now looks as if Tinseltown
will topple Houston on November 30 to regain its embarrassing
ranking as the worst place to breathe in the US.
When the Los Angeles "smog season" officially ended on Wednesday,
ozone levels had exceeded national standards on a total of 36 days.
So far this year, Houston has had 30 days with dangerously high
levels of ozone, according to standards set by the Environmental
Protection Administration.
Although Houston's summer smog season lasts for another four
weeks, the weather in November is less ...