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Just Stop Breathing

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Sep 29, 2008 10:15PM

According to an EPA study, Cook County had the worst dangerous air pollution of any county in 2005 and the highest risk score, says a Tribune Watchdog Report, is a Lincoln Park steel mill. But it's not just in the city; according to the study, Will and DuPage Counties have six of the area's worst 50 factories and Lake County, Indiana has nine.