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Top Polluted U.S. Cities With the Worst Air


Environment  (tags: environment, pollution, humans, protection, health, research, risks, warning )

Dee
- 243 days ago - abcnews.go.com
The air that most Americans breathe may not be as clean as they think -- depending on where they live, at least.
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Dee C. (528)
Thursday April 30, 2009, 5:16 pm
"Roughly 60 percent of Americans live in areas where air pollution has reached unhealthy levels that can make people sick, suggests the 2009 State of the Air report released today by the American Lung Association.

The 2009 report was based on data collected at some 900 monitoring sites across the country during a three-year period from 2005 through 2007. Researchers measured the air quality of different areas using three criteria -- long-term particle pollution, short-term particle pollution and ozone concentration. All three forms of pollution have been shown to have negative health effects."
 

Tierney G. (322)
Sunday May 3, 2009, 9:13 am
Wow I am surprised New York city was not on that list. Back in the sixties the air was so bad that black soot would form onthe windowsill so thick you could write your name in it. Thanks Dee
 

Dee C. (528)
Sunday May 3, 2009, 7:36 pm
I was surprised as well..
 
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