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A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that smog is directly linked to deaths from heart and lung ailments in major U.S. metropolitan areas. Massachusetts has some of the worst traffic congestion in the country and, according to the Centers for Disease Control, has the highest asthma level in the nation. Jeremy Marin, Conservation Organizer for the Sierra Club in Boston, says, “Governor Romney needs to stand up and not just talk the talk, but walk the walk. Spending $14.6 billion to increase air pollution is not what Massachusetts needs. He needs to make sure that projects like extending the Green Line, making the Silver bus Line light rail, and the North/South Rail Link take top priority.”