Kansas City/Overland Park this year made it onto the American Lung Association list of the 25 most ozone-polluted cities in the United States. Ground level ozone for anyone that doesn't know is not a good thing for our lungs, especially for those with respiratory illnesses as well as for children.
I stood in Loose Park, on the corner of Wornall and 55th street not long ago, watching the morning traffic. It was around 7:30 and the temperature was already over 70 degrees. The great majority of the slow moving cars, trucks and vans had only one occupant. It was not the pleasant smell of flowers that hung in the air as the vehicles waited at the stoplight.
