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Forbes Magazine Ranks Atlanta Most Toxic City
11-05-2009 03:35 AM EST
| By ###Don Dornberg/ab
(Atlanta, GA) -- Forbes magazine has given the City of Atlanta a designation the Chamber of Commerce will not appreciate. Forbes says Atlanta's air pollution, contaminated land and atmospheric chemicals make it the most toxic city in the country. Forbes does not lay all the blame at Atlanta's doorstep. Suburban cities such as Sandy Springs and Marietta have chemical plants that contribute to the area's toxicity.<
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