med in June 1998 as one of the most polluted locales in the 50 states. On July 16, 1996 we scaled the heights of the Pollution Index, reaching a whopping 97. Hit 100 three days out of the year and the EPA nukes every sports utility vehicle with a vanity license plate.

As usual, there's more. The April 19, 2002 Seattle Times carried the following headline story:

Seattle air ranked in nation's worst 5%

By Seattle Times staff and Knight Ridder Newspapers

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm..._cancer19.html

WASHINGTON — The Seattle area is in the worst 5 percent of the country for air toxics, and the cancer risk from diesel emissions alone may be roughly 500 times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency's acceptable level, according to state research that was a follow-up to an unreleased EPA study.

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One reason for the dirty, polluted air might be the fact that we are now the #1 Worst Traffic-Congested City in America! Yup, we finally whupped New York, LA and San Francisco at something. The traffic around here is so insane that on a recent trip to LA, my first in 23 years, I had to ask, "So where's

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