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Bad air, bad health show stronger ties - Fresno Bee (9/21/05)
"The link between premature death and fine particulates is not new. The particle darts have been blamed for about 1,100 early deaths annually in the Valley.But the latest study - which zeroed in on particulate levels in individual neighborhoods - showed the connection between air pollution and early death to be three times as large as that reported in past studies of cities in the United States..."
Link to study cited in article here.