Note to out of state AFBers: Lexington is located within Davidson
County, North Carolina.
This is our tax dollars at work...!
Rob
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Davidson Leaders Blame Barbecue Smoke For Bad Air
Officials Use Monitors To Test Barbecue Theory

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Nobody's ever claimed barbecue is a health food, but
in Davidson County, they're finding it could be bad for your lungs.

Local leaders think an abundance of barbecue restaurants is the reason
the county has failed to meet new, stricter air pollution regulations.

Officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency do not buy it.

They said there are barbecue restaurants all over the state -- and
they're considering whether to put the county on the state's dirty air
list due out this fall.

But Davidson County Manager Robert Hyatt noted that one of the
wood-burning restaurants is right near an air monitor in Lexington
that flunked the air tests.

The state has put five more air monitors in the county to test the
barbecue theory. An EPA spokesman said it does not matter whether
barbecue smoke is the culprit -- pollution is still pollution.

Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Sounds to me like the EPA thinks that's crap...

I heard that (Rob) said:

Note to out of state AFBers: Lexington is located within Davidson
County, North Carolina.
This is our tax dollars at work...!
Rob
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Davidson Leaders Blame Barbecue Smoke For Bad Air
Officials Use Monitors To Test Barbecue Theory

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Nobody's ever claimed barbecue is a health food, but
in Davidson County, they're finding it could be bad for your lungs.

Local leaders think an abundance of barbecue restaurants is the reason
the county has failed to meet new, stricter air pollution regulations.

Officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency do not buy it.

They said there are barbecue restaurants all over the state -- and
they're considering whether to put the county on the state's dirty air
list due out this fall.

But Davidson County Manager Robert Hyatt noted that one of the
wood-burning restaurants is right near an air monitor in Lexington
that flunked the air tests.

The state has put five more air monitors in the county to test the
barbecue theory. An EPA spokesman said it does not matter whether
barbecue smoke is the culprit -- pollution is still pollution.

Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.