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10-year study shows how air pollution fosters heart disease; accelerated plaque build-up in arteries

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The MESA Air study was funded in 2004 by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Of the people in the study, 39% were white, 27% black, 22% Hispanic, and 12% Chinese. Barbara Hoffmann, a professor of the University of Düsseldorf in Germany, described the study as “ exemplary.” Paul and Winston-Salem. Kaufman, Joel D et al.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Organized by Shane Chang at Honda Research Institute USA Inc., Winner of the 2004 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning. Island Press, 1998; translated into Chinese, China Architecture and Building Press, 2007. Cervero, The Scandinavian Model: Strings of TODs, Urban Land, May, 2004, p. Dr. Luca Guala, Systemica.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. USA Today ) 10/25/06 DaimlerChrysler is downright reluctant, even though it has built four test models, commercial-size vans that run on gasoline and electricity. USA Today ) 6/23/06 "General Motors Corp.,

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