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Most Polluted Cities in the USA - 2010 Most Polluted Areas

post #1 of 3
8/17/10 at 11:10am
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The new American Lung Association's report, the 2010 State if the Air shows which U.S. cities are the most polluted and least polluted - good stuff to know if you're thinking of moving soon.

The WORST five cities by 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


The WORST five cities by 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


Top 10 cleanest U.S. Cities for year round particle pollution:

  1. Cheyenne, WY
  2. Santa Fe-Espanola, NM
  3. Honolulu, HI
  4. Anchorage, AK
  5. Great Falls, MT
  6. Tucson, AZ
  7. Amarillo, TX
  8. Albuquerque, NM
  9. Flagstaff, AZ
  10. Bismarck, ND

 

Cleanest U.S. cities for ozone air pollution:

  1. Bismarck, ND
  2. Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, TX
  3. Coeur d'Alene, ID
  4. Duluth, MN-WI
  5. Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN

 

Read the entire State of the Air Report online to see all city rankings.

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post #2 of 3
8/17/10 at 4:31pm

I am very relieved that San Francisco is not on that list!  That would ruin a great weekend for me -

http://sundaystreetssf.com/

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post #3 of 3
9/4/10 at 12:23pm

Wonderful... Los Angeles is my city. If people would just ride the metro more often, we'd get off that list!!

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