New Study Confirms That Smog’s A Killer

Fri., March 17, 1995

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Tiny particles from cars, smokestacks and other sources kill an estimated 275 people a year in two Southern California counties, according to a state study released Thursday.

The report was released just days after a separate study of 151 metropolitan areas, including Los Angeles, found that smog raises death rates by as much as 17 percent.

The latest study was conducted in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, east of Los Angeles, by the California Environmental Protection Agency.

Smog comes from a number of sources, including road grit, oil, tires, cooking grease, dirt, diesel exhaust, sea salt and chemicals from smokestacks and tailpipes.

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