Re: Nations Dirtiest and Cleanest Air

[Guest guest]

Barb1283 and group,

All the info you asked about is at:

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/natamain

But it's a large and complex site.

News stories are sometimes easier to read for the major facts. One is

at: http://sfgate.com/cgi-

bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/22/state/n144226S61.DTL

or Google " dirtiest air Associated Press " (without the " " ).

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

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> On the Today Show yesterday they said, 'I thought', an EPA report on

> particulate matter said that CA and NY had dirtiest air, and South

> Dakota, Montana and Wyoming had the cleanest. Particulate matter is

> air is thought to cause many health problems. I've been trying to

> find report so I can see where other states landed on this report but

> haven't been able to find it. I've found other headlines on the report

> but not the report. I called the EPA and talked to a fellow there who

> said only report he knew of was in 2003. He wasn't aware of anything

> more recent but he did say it would give state by state or county by

> county assessments. If anyone looks this up and finds it, please post

> it. I might try to do some more looking later.

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> EPA guy I talked to said perhaps it was report by Lung Association and

> I did find a report there, at this link. Apparently they do these

> periodically.

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> http://lungaction.org/reports/sota05_cities.html

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> (This was interesting chart I found on a wider range of pollutants:

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> http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=15115

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