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The race is now the highlight of the autumn, attracting up to 5,000 spectators to Flumserberg, spending the rest of the day listening to schlager folk music and sampling the Alpine produce.

"We have gathered samples from the gardens of local people who volunteered to be part of our sampling project, and this is where we found these other species," Mr Desjardins said.

Players are starting younger and specializing in kicking, he said, as opposed to sampling other sports.

Southern California air regulators issued violations to two foundries in southeast Los Angeles County after air sampling revealed elevated levels of a highly toxic metal near the facilities.

But soil sampling performed by university researchers, local public health authorities and Los Angeles Times journalists have found excessive levels of toxic metals at properties already cleared by the Army Corps.