PEDAL POWER!(teens band together to combat air pollution)(Brief Article) From: Science World | Date: April 12, 1999| Author: Cannell, Michael | COPYRIGHT 1999 Scholastic, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

TEEN BIKERS UNITE TO FIGHT AIR POLLUTION

On August 31, 1998, Jodie Elenz, 15, of Gaylord, Michigan, pedaled her bike up to a Virginia beach. Just an ordinary bike ride? Hardly. Yorktown, Virginia, was the last stop on the Elenz family's 7,033-kilometer (4,370-mile) cross-country bike trip. "My parents always wanted to bike across America," Jodie says. "We had to believe we could do it because so many people said, `That's impossible!'"

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