Well, it’s 2018, a new year and I’m looking at the newest edition of the American Lung Association’s “Breathtaking Views 2017-2018 Clean Air Calendar.” A highlight (and I would expect nothing less): not a single photo throughout showing polluted air. Moreover, in the photo accompanying the month of April, which, incidentally, is of Holmdel Park, New Jersey, the Lung Association on the page opposite (the side of the page on which the calendar is printed) has space devoted to the ALA’s April message: “Air Quality and Quality of Life.” In this the Lung Association relates that 40 percent of Americans
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