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BC Cities have the world's cleanest air: WHO
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Glacier
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BC Cities have the world's cleanest air: WHO
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... study.html
The global health body released its list of measurements ranking 1,100 cities in 91 countries this week and B.C. had six of the top 10 cities in the world, including Kitimat, Burns Lake, Houston, Terrace, Nanaimo and Nelson.
The city with the cleanest air in the world was Whitehorse in the Yukon. The worst was Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
City ------------ mg/m^3
Kitimat........... 4
Houston.......... 5
Burns Lake....... 5
Terrace...........6
Nelson............ 6
Nanaimo......... 6
Smithers......... 7
Williams Lake... 7
Revelstoke...... 7
Kamloops....... 7
Kelowna........ 7
Grandforks..... 7
Victoria......... 7
Prince George.. 8
Chilliwack...... 8
GVRD............ 8
Campbell River. 8
Quesnel.......... 9
Fort McMurray... 9
Edmonton....... 11
Calgary........... 9
Sarnia............ 21
Montreal......... 19
Halifax.......... 8
The global health body released its list of measurements ranking 1,100 cities in 91 countries this week and B.C. had six of the top 10 cities in the world, including Kitimat, Burns Lake, Houston, Terrace, Nanaimo and Nelson.
The city with the cleanest air in the world was Whitehorse in the Yukon. The worst was Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
City ------------ mg/m^3
Kitimat........... 4
Houston.......... 5
Burns Lake....... 5
Terrace...........6
Nelson............ 6
Nanaimo......... 6
Smithers......... 7
Williams Lake... 7
Revelstoke...... 7
Kamloops....... 7
Kelowna........ 7
Grandforks..... 7
Victoria......... 7
Prince George.. 8
Chilliwack...... 8
GVRD............ 8
Campbell River. 8
Quesnel.......... 9
Fort McMurray... 9
Edmonton....... 11
Calgary........... 9
Sarnia............ 21
Montreal......... 19
Halifax.......... 8
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Urbane
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Re: BC Cities have the world's cleanest air: WHO
Great news!
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Re: BC Cities have the world's cleanest air: WHO
well we live in the mountains after all - this is like saying antarctica has a lot of cold days or something like that
Your bias suits you.
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Re: BC Cities have the world's cleanest air: WHO
I guess all the Chemtrails aren't that bad eh? 
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That's worked out great for me!
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Re: BC Cities have the world's cleanest air: WHO
nah - airliners these days exhaust Febreeze - no worries.
Your bias suits you.
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Glacier
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Re: BC Cities have the world's cleanest air: WHO
Woodenhead wrote:well we live in the mountains after all - this is like saying antarctica has a lot of cold days or something like that
Why would "living in the mountains" make our air cleaner?
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Woodenhead
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Re: BC Cities have the world's cleanest air: WHO
Should be obvious, but, since you're angling the question that way... OK I'll just pretend I didn't see this thread. I wasn't trying to *bleep* in your cornflakes. 
Your bias suits you.
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Glacier
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Re: BC Cities have the world's cleanest air: WHO
I thought I was asking a straightforward question. Okay maybe I misinterpreted your post? Mountains trapped pollutants in the valleys, no?"No one has the right to apologize for something they did not do, and no one has the right to accept an apology if the wrong was not done to them."
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