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Breathing in Los Angeles and Pittsburgh can be hazardous for your health
One out of every 10 people in the United States lives in an area with unhealthy levels of all three types of air pollution tracked by the new American Lung Association State of the Air report - ozone, short-term particle pollution and year-round particle pollution. Published last week, the annual report shows that Los Angeles again is the city most affected by ozone and year-round particle pollution. But for the first time, a city outside California ranks as the city most polluted by one of the measures - short-term particle pollution.
Pittsburgh moved to the top of the list of cities most polluted ... |
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EPA plans to restrict toxic airborne lead
For the first time in 30 years, the US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to further reduce the amount of lead in the air. While leaded gasoline is history, about 1,300 tons of lead a year is emitted into the air from smelters, iron and steel foundries, and general aviation gasoline, the EPA estimates. Once it is airborne, lead can be inhaled. Or, after it settles out of the air onto surfaces, lead can be ingested - the main route of human exposure. Once in the body, lead is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream and can affect many organ systems.
Children are particularly vulnerable, ... |
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