"Another unsettling finding in the #StateOfTheAir report is that people of color were 61% more likely than white people to live in a county with at least one failing grade and 3.6 times as likely to live in areas that failed all three pollutants tracked. 3/4"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Alan Lowenthal:
"I agree with the @LungAssociation that we must do more to strengthen the national limits on particulate matter air pollution. We must also do more to address the sources of these pollutants. 4/4"Read on Twitter"Read on Twitter
"Today, the American Lung Association released "State of the Air 2022, the orgs 23rd annual report on air pollution levels across the U.S. It contains local levels of ozone & particulate matter pollution & has letter grades & rankings of counties & metro areas nationwide. 1/4"Read on Twitter
"Despite our continued efforts at the federal, state, & local level to reduce pollution, the report, which covers the years 2018-20 found that 2.1 million more Americans live in a county with unhealthy air compared to the 2021 report. 2/4"Read on Twitter
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