Los Angeles Tops List of Polluted Places
Los Angeles has again topped the list of the American Lung Association's list of most polluted cities in America. The American Lung Association found that the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside metropolitan area has had the worst air quality based on 2003 to 2005 data. Pittsburgh is the second most polluted metropolitan area, followed by Bakersfield, Birmingham, Detroit, Cleveland, Visalia, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and St. Louis.
Los Angeles, however, did have lower ozone levels than in previous years. Janice Nolen, the association's assistant vice president for national policy and advocacy, says that "nobody is surprised that LA has an air pollution problem. The problems there are one of the reasons we have the Clean Air Act. But it is important for folks to know that there has been some improvement." Air pollution can lead to heart disease, lung cancer, and asthma attacks.
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