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- Melissa Breyer
- March 3, 2011
- 5:01 pm
- 189 comments
10. Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif.
MSA: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif.
Number of unhealthy air quality days (2009): 16
Pounds of on-site toxic releases reported (2009): 1.3 million
EWG top water concerns: Total haloacetic acids; nitrates; perchlorate
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Melissa Breyer
Melissa Breyer is a writer and editor with a background in sustainable living, specializing in food, science and design. She is the co-author of True Food (National Geographic) and has edited and written for regional and international books and periodicals, including The New York Times Magazine. Melissa lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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With all the fuss over California's environmental laws (from anti-environmentalists) you'd think they'd noticed that more cities in CA made this list than any other state...
I use to live in NYC and had terrible breathing problems, I moved to Albuquerque, NM and problems fixed! I love New Mexico
oh, my :( Thanks for sharing
I"m living in sunny Florida (unfortunately summer's are humid) but definately can't complain after seeing the places listed here that are toxic. Pretty scarey! Time to concentrate on efforts to clean up our planet!!
Sad!
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Why is California always leading these lists?
Don't think you're immune from air problems if you live in the country or a small town. In the Baltimore area the worst air quality is in the middle of a field in a rural portion of a suburban county. You don't inherently deserve to have cleaner air just because you live in a smaller place. I really distain the anti-city sentiments that pervade many of the comments here. I'll take city living in a second.
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