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Strong clean air laws and cleaner vehicles are helping Americans breathe easier every day. Yet despite healthy trend, and more than half of us now in areas where it is really difficult to breathe live. Smog, or ground-level ozone, forms when sunlight mix with the factory and auto gas. The asthma attacks and other serious health problems can trigger. You live in a mist? Here are the top 10 places for 2016, the American Lung Association are smoggiest ...
No. 10: Fort Collins, CO
The Northern Colorado college town gets an F for high ozone days. Nestled at the base of the Rocky Mountains, Fort Collins is constantly Code Orange air quality. This means that it is "unhealthy for sensitive populations." Asthma, lung disease, or any other health condition that affects your lungs, you may have a hard time to catch my breath here.
No. 9: Las Vegas, Henderson, NV
Vegas stays in Vegas in the air. Sin City metro area in the country holds its place as the ninth smoggiest city. Over 300 days of sunshine yearly city boasts. That is more mist, sun, thrives on hot days mean. A mist state spotter program that lets you report the cars and trucks spewing smoke.
No. 8: Denver in Aurora, CO
Mile High City and its eastern suburbs soar five places this year's top 10 blue skies, rolling plains, with more sunlight than land between Miami and San Diego, you can expect plenty of fresh air here. But being in the foothills of the Rockies tailpipes, power plants, and oil and gas operations to trap gases. Add a growing population, and you have a perfect recipe for mist.
No. 7: Modesto-Merced, CA
San Joaquin Valley in the top 10 for the past few years has been around. And it keeps inching up. Around this time, the area was on average more high ozone days. The bowl shape and wind patterns unhealthy gunk auto exhaust and other things to hold in the air. Mist rises over the area lead to more temps.
No. 6: Sakramento- Roseville, CA
California's capital region is making progress against dirty air. However, it reduced the number of days ozone metro area. The list of this year in a slightly better position moves up a notch. But it remains a Hazy Center. Hot, dry summers, four major highways, lots of traffic, and its valley setting, are to blame.
No. 5: Mesa- Phoenix Scottsdale, AZ
America's sixth largest city, after ranking 10th last year, comes in fifth place. Hot summer temps, dry desert-like climate, and to promote more than one million inhabitants, the problem here is the mist. May through September is the worst. You live here, after dark or evening when it is cooler by fueling their cars to help keep the air clean.
No. 4: Fresno- Mdera, CA
The landscape of the San Joaquin Valley can truly take your breath away. It traps pollutants from cars and industrial equipment. That leads to unhealthy air. The average number of high ozone days this central California region jumped again this year, for the third year in a row, the country's No. 4 mist cementing its place as the city.
No. 3: Visalia, CA
The entrance to Sequoia National Park has had chronically high ozone levels. With its warm weather with diesel exhaust from trucks and other vehicles have blanketed the city with ozone. But this year, Visalia unhealthy ozone days at their lowest numbers since the average American Lung Association began keeping track of them. The No. 2 last year, improved one place.
No. 2: Bakersfield, CA
The Southern California metro area has had a long battle with unhealthy air. Once again, the sprawling city of 875,000 have a higher than average number of bad ozone days went registered. It jumps up a notch this year, the country's second city has become the worst smog. Car, truck, and the state oil companies of its location on the edge of the Central Valley trap fumes.
No. 1: Los Angeles, CA
18.5 million people in the city of Angels this year could breathe a little easier. Sector enjoyed its best air number since the American Lung Association started giving out report cards. So far as the country's smoggiest city remains firmly in first place. Dirty air with its long, hard fight for a greater cause? Super-thick traffic pollution is trapped by mountains on three sides.
Particle Pollution: Bakersfield, CA
The American Lung Association reports more than just feel the mist. Called air particulates get trapped deep in the lungs and other stuff can make you sick. Smoke, dirt, dust, and these tiny pieces of soot particle pollution this year, that's why it's back to the top of the list of most polluted cities has peaked in Bakersfield. Recent droughts and forest fires increase fuel dirty air.
Clean Air: Only 4 cities get all the
Want a breath of fresh air? Vermont to Hawaii from the US cities that four countries-term and short-term mist, unhealthy levels of particulate pollutants clogging Ayrve- was 0 days. They also boast a low level of year-round particle pollution.
Clean Air: Burlington-South Burlington, VT
Fresh breezes of Lake Champlain and the Green Mountains this beautiful college town tucked between abound. Vermont's largest city, the area is just over a quarter million inhabitants. Awe-inspiring landscape, a quaint downtown district, and with delicious local fare, this city will take your breath - but not in a bad way.
Clean Air: Elmira-Corning, NY
Sitting on the edge of New York's Finger Lakes region, the region with clean air with stunning natural wonders and the winery is known for. The beautiful rolling hills, hiking trails, and places to cast your fishing rod and boasts plenty of rest. Or, take a breath and to write his memoirs. Victorian home sites that inspired Mark Twain's writings are in the area.
Clean Air: Honolulu, HI
The mist beachy surf is up and the way down in the capital. Over one million residents of the area despite the heavy traffic, the sea breezes that help sweep away the mist forming gases. Furthermore, the lack of rain and heavy industry means lots of air quality on the island of Oahu generally always good.
Clean Air: Salinas, CA
"Salad Bowl of the World," as it's affectionately dubbed because of its fruit and veggie crops, the state has some of the healthiest air. The climate, ideal for the floral industry and is world-famous vineyards. Located at the head of a valley and is close to the Pacific, this California city is no stranger to the list of clean air. Without much traffic in the west and south, the fresh air and a largely rural economy to benefit from the Salinas unlike cities ..
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