More than one-third of Americans live in places with unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to an annual report published by the American Lung Association.
April 19, 2023, 12:01 AMChona Kasinger/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE
The annual report looked at three air quality measures: Particle pollution, broken into daily averages and daily spikes, and ozone levels, which are tracked by the Environmental Protection Agency . "120 million people were living in places that got unhealthy grades, but that's quite a bit fewer than we saw last year, and that's largely because we've seen improvements in ozone air pollution which is really good news," says Katerine Pruitt the national senior director for policy at the American Lung Association.
Pruitt credits the drop in ozone pollution to the improving standards and regulations following the Clean Air Act."The impact of climate change is undermining the progress that's been made," Pruitt told ABC News. Wildfires have also been a driving force in the shifting to air pollution.
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