![]() ![]() For example, in January, Allegheny County Health Department said it was meeting all federal air standards for the first time. Some of that air pollution has decreased in recent years - and the city’s air quality has subsequently improved.īusiness groups in the Pittsburgh area said the report downplays those improvements. ![]() The biggest sources of air pollution in the Pittsburgh region are from cars, power plants upwind of Pittsburgh, and heavy industry, like US Steel’s Clairton Coke Works in the Mon Valley. ![]() The Harrisburg area received passing grades for its air. The Philadelphia, Lancaster and Berks County areas also received poor grades for their air quality. “ Until we actually get to the A’s with good, strong standards in place, our work will not be done.” “It’s kind of like the kid who comes home from school and instead of getting a 30 percent on the test, now they’ve got a 50 percent on the test. ![]() But the region still had an average of 6 unhealthy ozone days a year from 2017-2019. It fared better - at 35th worst in the country - for ozone, which can exacerbate lung conditions like asthma. The area was 16th worst for short-term particle pollution. “ But the other side of the story is the fact that this is one of a handful of places around the country that get that gets F’s for all three pollution measures that we look at.” “ The area improved for a second straight year for all three measures that we looked at, and that clearly is progress in the right direction,” said Kevin Stewart, director of environmental health for the American Lung Association. Pittsburgh’s air showed improvement, but it still got an F in ozone and particulate matter and ranked 9th worst in the country for long-term particle pollution, which is associated with heart and lung disease. Despite improvements to air quality in recent years, the Pittsburgh region still has some of the worst air pollution in the country, according to the American Lung Association’s latest “State of the Air” report. ![]()
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