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Plans for I-55 Expansion in Chicago Raise Concerns Over Air Quality and Community Health
Environmental advocates and community groups already exposed to high levels of air pollution fear that additional lanes will exacerbate health risks in Southwest Side neighborhoods.
By Aydali Campa, Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
Having spent most of her life in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, Sara Cortes learned to live with bad-smelling air that created a haze in the summer.
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