Q&A on Louisville's air as city gets another 'F' on national pollution scorecard • Kentucky Lantern

Q&A on Louisville's air as city gets another 'F' on national pollution scorecard • Kentucky Lantern

Particle pollution is made of tiny particles, so small they lodge deep in the lungs and can enter the bloodstream, causing heart attacks, lung cancer and asthma attacks. This image depicts particle sizes compared to fine beach sand and human hair. (American Lung Association)After news that Louisville’s air just received a failing grade for its high rates of particle and ozone pollution, a UofL Health researcher and nurse practitioner says the ne…

Columbus fails Air Report, ranking as one of the worst cities for particle pollution

Although Columbus is good at a lot of things, having clean air apparently isn’t one of them. In fact, our city received a big, fat “F” on the Air Report by the American Lung Association. They graded us as having the 54th worst in the nation for annual particle pollution out of 208 other metropolitan… Source

Columbus Air Quality Gets A Failing Grade In New National Report

According to the American Lung Association’s latest State of the Air report, air pollution in the U.S. is getting worse. And Columbus isn’t escaping the trend. The report, released Wednesday, shows that nearly half of Americans, 56 million to be exact, are breathing unhealthy air, including more than 42 million people living in areas that failed all three key air quality metrics: ozone pollution, short-term particle pollution, and year-round par…