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Environmental

Jan. 4, 2012

Groups sue over pollution from freeways

The 1.2 million people in Los Angeles who live close to freeways may be getting exposed to air so dirty it violates federal air pollution laws, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by several environmental groups.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The 1.2 million people in Los Angeles who live close to freeways may be exposed to air so dirty it violates federal air pollution laws, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by several environmental groups.


The groups sued the federal Environmental Protection Agency, demanding it order local air regulators to install monitors to track fine particle pollution near the region's heavily trafficked roa...

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