Apr 29th, 2009 - bizjournals
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The Sacramento metropolitan area, including Yuba City, had the sixth-worst ozone pollution and the seventh-worst one-day spikes in particle pollution in the United States last year, according to a new report from the American Lung Association.
The report found that 60 percent of the U.S. population, or 186.1 million Americans, live in areas where air pollution is high enough to harm human health.
Many cities — including Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. — have improved their air quality over the past decade. But they still had some of the worst levels of air pollution.
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Apr 29th, 2009 - bizjournals
Harris County received failing grades for both ozone pollution and particle pollution in the State of Air report released Wednesday by the American Lung Association. The association’s research found that Harris County had an average of 53.
American Lung Association: Kansas City ranks 22nd-worst for ozone
Apr 29th, 2009 - bizjournals
The Kansas City area’s air quality ranks as 22nd worst in the nation for ozone pollution, according to a report released by the American Lung Association. The ranking, based on measurements for 2005 through 2007, is nothing to brag about...
Mass. gets poor grades on air pollution
Apr 29th, 2009 - bizjournals
Despite an alarming number of days with heavy ozone-related pollution and high particle-pollution levels in most of its counties, Massachusetts missed the cut in the American...
Pittsburgh ranks worst once again in air quality study
Apr 29th, 2009 - bizjournals
Once again, the American Lung Association began its list of the country’s 25 worst cities for particulate matter pollution in a day’s time with Pittsburgh...
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