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State of the Air 2010 Report

04/29/2010


Image credit: Library of Congress
The American Lung Association released their "State of the Air 2010" report on Wednesday. The report analyzes ozone and particle pollution levels and then ranks the cities/neighborhoods in three categories:
  • Ozone
  • Short-term particle spikes
  • Long-term particle averages
California once again performed poorly with three cities - Los Angeles, Fresno and Bakersfield - all ranking in the top 10 in the three categories.

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. (tie) Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN; St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL
  10. (tie) Charleston, WV; Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI; Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH

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

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