Off the Beaten Path

Living on Earth

Scientists are discovering that tiny particles associated with freeway exhaust are unhealthy for people to breathe day after day. Now that science is beginning to lead to changes in ideas about what should and shouldn’t be located near freeways. Ky Plaskon reports from Las Vegas.

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