Calif. Farm Town Is Nation's Smoggiest

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Marco Lopez jogs along train tracks Tuesday Aug. 7 2007 in Arvin Calif. Arvin is home to the nations worst air pollution. Arvins level of ozone the primary component in smog exceeded the national limit by an average of 73 days per year between 2004 a ...
Marco Lopez jogs along train tracks Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007 in Arvin, Calif. Arvin is home to the nation's worst air pollution. Arvin's level of ozone, the primary component in smog, exceeded the national limit by an average of 73 days per year between 2004 and 2006. Second on the EPA's list was the Southern California town of Crestline, at 65 days. The San Francisco Bay Area averaged just four days over the same period. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)

(AP) -- Lying in a rich agricultural region dotted with vineyards and orange groves, this central California community seems an unlikely place for a dubious distinction: the most polluted air in America.


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