A Series of “Top Tens”
That Took Forever to Compile
But Requires Only Sixty Seconds
for You to Read.
TOP TEN
MOST POLLUTED
US CITIES
The American Lung Association ranks 25 of America’s worst polluted cities. It measures the total metropolitan population, pediatric asthma, adult asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, cardio-vascular disease and diabetes. It breaks down the pollution into ozone levels and particulate in the air…year round and intermittent. For the full story on Forbes.com see: http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/28/pollution-ozone-air-lifestyle-health-ozone-pollution.html. Take a deep breath and here are the results for 2009.
Ozone / Year-Round Particulates
1. Los Angeles / Long Beach CA / Bakersfield CA
2. Bakersfield CA / Pittsburgh PA
3. Visalia CA / Los Angeles / Long Beach CA
4. Fresno CA / Visalia CA
5. Houston TX / Birmingham AL
6. Sacramento CA / Hanford CA
7. Dallas TX / Fresno CA
8. Charlotte NC / Cincinnati OH
9. Phoenix AZ / Detroit MI
10. El Centro CA / Cleveland OH
That Took Forever to Compile
But Requires Only Sixty Seconds
for You to Read.
TOP TEN
MOST POLLUTED
US CITIES
The American Lung Association ranks 25 of America’s worst polluted cities. It measures the total metropolitan population, pediatric asthma, adult asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, cardio-vascular disease and diabetes. It breaks down the pollution into ozone levels and particulate in the air…year round and intermittent. For the full story on Forbes.com see: http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/28/pollution-ozone-air-lifestyle-health-ozone-pollution.html. Take a deep breath and here are the results for 2009.
Ozone / Year-Round Particulates
1. Los Angeles / Long Beach CA / Bakersfield CA
2. Bakersfield CA / Pittsburgh PA
3. Visalia CA / Los Angeles / Long Beach CA
4. Fresno CA / Visalia CA
5. Houston TX / Birmingham AL
6. Sacramento CA / Hanford CA
7. Dallas TX / Fresno CA
8. Charlotte NC / Cincinnati OH
9. Phoenix AZ / Detroit MI
10. El Centro CA / Cleveland OH
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