Health Hazards
Californians are just as proud as Texans. People just assume that they are somewhat justified in their pride because their beaches are prettier than ours. My mom used to complain that in Texas they didn't simply say "state law", but rather it was always "TEXAS state law" just in case you forgot which state you were in. I find that Californians are guilty of the same.
I'm just wondering how they decide where those signs should be placed and really what good they do. I used to live in an apartment that had one of those signs right next to the mailboxes. I still kept checking my mail. After all, couldn't that same warning label apply to all of Southern California? I don't care what my friend, Bethany, says. That brown haze I see hanging over LA is NOT the marine layer.
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Everything causes cancer in high enough doses, but I think we've already had that conversation, right? Speaking of Texas and California, Houston and Los Angeles are the top two most polluted US cities... they trade spots 1 and 2 regularly (I think Houston won for this summer), but number 3 is a looong way behind.
And please tell Bethany that her favorite atmospheric chemist says that the brown haze is not the marine layer: the brown is nitrogen dioxide, the "foggy" looking part is particulate matter, of varying origins. (Although leave it to Bethany to look on the bright side!)
Blech. And we breathe it, day after day. Did you take that picture?
I did not take the picture. I got it off the internet.
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