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Left Coast2020

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11. I think if their dirty polluted air gets...

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Original post)

Tue Jun 5, 2012, 05:18 PM

Jun 2012

....blown over here via the jet stream winds, then we will monitor your air. I read an article about two years ago claiming pollution (allegedly) impacts Oregon and Washington the most--not to mention the ocean. When I was in Beijing last year, my coughing and rough breathing subsided after a month being back here.

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