I got correctly tagged by Danee! Apologies for blathering. Correcting myself so others don't have to: I was thinking of the local asthma problems there before and after the smokestacks changed, not thinking nationally. That is why the statement was out of whack with national rates. Sukie (not a vet) Current FHL address: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5584]