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China Dust Cloud

NPR's Howard Berkes reports a huge dust cloud that started in the deserts of Mongolia in western China has gradually made its way east, picking up industrial pollution on the way. It has now crossed the Pacific and reached North America, creating a haze from Arizona to western Canada.

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