[at-l] Smokies Pollution Web Sites

[spiriteagle99@hotmail.com (Jim and/or Ginny Owen)]

William The Turtle wrote:
>Went surfing and found the following sites about the pollution problem.
>The
>one I saw on TV had some of the worst sites all along the AT states in the
>South and one up in Maine.  But, they colored the whole state and not just
>the parks.
>
>As food for thought, I remember reading one story awhile back that
>suggested that some of the pollution was natural pollution from the release
>of gases from the trees -- one reason the Smokies got named the Smokies
>long before factories began belching out pollutants.


Yup - but that's not really a "politically correct" view these days.
However - try this site if you want some "harder" information:
http://bai.acd.ucar.edu/documents/Posters/Baugh_AGU98.pdf

There are other sites, but I've gotta go take care of other things  right
now.

Walk softly,
Jim



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