Revealed: the 10 worst places to live in US for air pollution

Posted on AllSides March 8th, 2023
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Environment, Air Pollution, United States
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The worst 10 hotspots for fine particle air pollution in the US have been revealed by The Guardian in an analysis using cutting-edge modelling.

America’s top spot is not a traffic-clogged metropolis or renowned heavy industry zone but a small town surrounded by farmland and mountains.

These findings – based on a model developed by a team of researchers at institutions including the University of Washington – show that, across the contiguous US, the neighborhoods burdened by the worst pollution are overwhelmingly the same places where Black and Hispanic populations...

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/08/10-most-air-polluted-places-to-live-us

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