Smoggiest Cities - CNN

[Bluga]

California owns ya!


NEW YORK (CNN) -- About half of all Americans live in areas where levels of smog are unhealthy, the American Lung Association said in a report released Wednesday.

The annual "state of the air" study, which crunches government data on ozone, smog's main ingredient, finds more than 142 million Americans live in areas where ozone levels could endanger people's health.

"We have found there actually has been an increase of 18 percent in the areas that are rated "F" -- which is unhealthy, and that's a result of failure to take action over the last several years," said John Kirkwood, a spokesman for the group.

According to the report, the smoggiest metropolitan areas are:


1. Los Angeles, California

2. Bakersfield, California

3. Fresno, California

4. Visalia, California

5. Houston, Texas

6. Atlanta, Georgia

7. Merced, California

8. Knoxville, Tennessee

9. Charlotte, North Carolina

10. Sacramento, California

 

[b0mbrman]

w00t! California leads the way!

 

[Lounatik]

w00t! Glad to see the ATL representin'! Ugh, it can get pretty nasty here in the summer.Get it up to about 90 and add in a nonexistent breeze and some light(ha!) traffic and you get the smog clear on up to Cartersville(about 50 miles NW of ATL).





Peace






Lounatik

 

[b0mbrman]

BTW, Visalia is near Fresno

 

[Bluga]

no wonder LA is so hot in summer.

 

[MazerRackham]

Cal-i-fornia.... knows how to party!
Cal-i-fornia.... knows how to party!
(Yes we do...)

 

[dude]

Damn Ham! You beat me to it!

 

[Instagib]

Where does Gary In. fit in that study.

 

[ElFenix]

houston in da hizzzy!

 

[coolVariable]

There was this website, where you could put in your zip code and it show you a map with all enviromental hazards in the area (as well as a map for crime etc.) ......... if I could just remember the URL ...............







..... anyone know it?