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Please send items for F.Y.I. to: F.Y.I. Editor, AGENDA, 220 S. Main St., Ann Arbor, Ml 48104. According to UCLA researchers for PIRG (Public Interest Research Group), tens of miliions of Americans live in places that viólate current health standards for smog and suffer approximately half the lung damage of a pack-a-day smoker. People who exercise outdoors and kids (because they spend more time outdoors than adults) are at special risk for air pollution-related health problems. The new clean air standards signed by President Clinton this summer would require states to curb the amount of smog in the air. Although relief for most Americans won't be immediate, (since states and localities will have the next decade to comply with the standards) it is a step in the right direction. You can make an immediate difference by calling your members of Congress (202-2243121) who are being lobbied hard to rewrite the Clean Air Act, cut funding to the EPA or other measures to stop the safeguards from going into effect. You can join PIRG's e-mail action alert network at http:www.pirg.org alertsindex.htm. You can also cali the American Lung Association at 1-800-LUNG-USA. (from PIRGIM Citizen Advocate, Vol, 1 2, No. 3) Tour the Sprawl On Sat. Oct. 4 (rain date Oct. 5) at 9:30 am, local citizens will meet for the first annual "Tour de Sprawl" starting at Burns Park. Bicyclists and AATA bus riders will take a 22mile loop through Ann Arbor and Scio Township. There will be stops where experts will show the results of different land-use policies, such as subdivisión design vs. compact housing. The tour will end back at Burns Park about 1 pm with live acoustic music and free food until 4 pm. Advance registration is $5. Registration on the day of the event is $7. Participants will receive a Tour de Sprawl Tshirt, route map, information sheets and refreshments