Dirty air decays buildings, cracks rubber tires, ruins nylon stockings and worsens all sorts of human ailments. According to one Government study, air pollution costs Americans an average $65 a year; the figure may hit $200 in particularly filthy cities like New York and St. Louis. Even so, most citizens have a lot to learn about pollution. When a sampling of St. Louis residents were polled on how much they would pay in higher taxes to clean up the air, they reckoned that the effort might be worth 500 a year, at most $1. Ignoring their own auto-exhaust fumes,...
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