Four in 10 Americans are breathing unsafe air — and these 8 cities are the worst
The American Lung Association warns that almost half of Americans — or a whopping 141 million people — are inhaling unsafe air, according to its 2019 State of the Air report. This is an increase of more than 7.2 million people from last year, with eight cities reporting their highest number of days with dangerous ozone and particular pollution level spikes since air quality was first measured 20 years ago.
The nation also recorded more days when the air quality was considered hazardous and reached emergency conditions than ever before. The State of the Air report analyzed ozone and particle pollution data by metropolitan area during 2015, 2016 and 2017, which was collected from states, counties, cities, tribes and federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency. These three years were the hottest recorded in global history, and the report explained that such changing climate patterns can spark wildfires and led to worsened ozone pollution, aka smog.
The report also noted that the Trump administration’s rollbacks to clean water, air and land regulations, as well as budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, have also reversed the progress that’s been made to clean the air.
He added that, “This increase in unhealthy air is eye-opening, and points to the reality that the nation must do more to protect the public from serious, even life-threatening harm. There is no clearer sign that we are facing new challenges than air pollution levels that have broken records tracked for the past 20 years, and the fact that we had more days than ever before when monitored air quality reached hazardous levels for anyone to breathe.
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