The 2010 Top 10 Most Polluted Cities In The U.S.
Care to see what quality of air you may be breathing? Maybe it’s time to check out the American Lung Association’s annual Most Polluted Cities rankings, assembled using data from the Environmental Protection Agency. Considered a yearly report card on air pollution in communities across the nation, they also offer information on how to protect yourself if you happen to live in a town or city with heavy air pollution. There are three categories of rankings: By Ozone levels, Year Round Particle Pollution, and Short-Term Particle Pollution. Check it out…
Pollution Levels By Ozone:
1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA
2. Bakersfield, CA
3. Visalia-Porterville, CA
4. Fresno-Madera, CA
5. Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Yuba City, CA-NV
6. Hanford-Corcoran, CA
7. Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX
8. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
9. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
10. Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury, NC-SC
Year Round Particle Pollution:
1. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
2. Bakersfield, CA
3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA
4. Visalia-Porterville, CA
5. Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA
6. Fresno-Madera, CA
7. Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL
8. Hanford-Corcoran, CA
9. Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN
10. St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL
Short-Term Particle Pollution
1. Bakersfield, CA
2. Fresno-Madera, CA
3. Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA
4. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA
5. Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL
6. Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Yuba City, CA-NV
7. Salt Lake City-Ogden-Clearfield, UT
8. Visalia-Porterville, CA
9. Modesto, CA
10. Hanford-Corcoran, CA
To read the full list of rankings and search for your town, check out the 2010 State of the Air report.
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Wow. I really need to reconsider my medium term living goals here. This is very serious stuff!
I need to reconsider my living in this country, as no govt officials take any of this stuff seriously.
I lived in Oregon years ago, when I came back to LA and stepped off the plane onto the tarmac, I almost couldn’t breathe. The air was so thick. And that was over 20 years ago.
The air in LA is WAY better today than it was 20 years ago, according to friends I know who grew up there. That is pretty scary.