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American cities with the most polluted air

According to a new report published by 24 on April, California remains the state with the strongest air pollution, and Los Angeles is again recognized as the city with the worst air quality in the United States.

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And Los Angeles is not alone. When it comes to smog-covered cities, seven of the top 10 of them are in California, writes USA Today.

Smog levels in Los Angeles were the highest they have been in 19 years in the 20-year history of records. This is evidenced by data from the American Lung Association's annual State of the Air report, which covers 2015-2017.

Smog is formed on warm sunny days and is aggravated by chemicals that come out of the exhaust pipes of cars, as well as chimneys of power plants and industrial plants. Higher temperatures increase the likelihood of ozone formation.

The report discusses two main types of air pollution that affect the United States: smog (also known as ground-level ozone) and soot.

California is also the most polluted state when it comes to soot: Fresno has the highest level of soot air pollution in the country, and 6 of 10, the dirtiest cities in the country, are in California.

The Lung Association said that soot pollution is actually more dangerous to health than it could, because it causes more deaths and lung cancer than it could.

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California is known for its strict environmental regulations, but the state is leading in the rankings of the most polluted cities. But if you cancel these tough restrictions, then the situation in the state will be even worse.

“California's air quality is deteriorating despite the strictest environmental regulations in the country,” said John Balmes of the University of California, San Francisco.

The Lung Association stated that a growing California population and topography allow air pollution to overcome the strict environmental laws of the state. A large number of people leads to an increase in the number of cars and trucks on the roads, and many of these people live in valleys and basins where pollution tends to subside.

Sunny weather almost year-round also aggravates the situation: warm days are a major factor in high ozone pollution.

The report says that in many cities across the country, the number of days has increased when soot levels soar to record levels, and smog has increasingly reached unhealthy levels.

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According to the report, about 141 million Americans in the country live in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution, putting them at risk for premature death and other serious health consequences, such as lung cancer, asthma attacks, cardiovascular diseases and reproductive damage.

This is more than any of the last two reports for the 2017 and 2018 years.

At the other end of the ranking were six cities where not a single day was registered, when smog or short-term pollution with soot would reach unhealthy levels. These locations are: Bangor (Maine); Burlington (Vermont); Honolulu (Hawaii); Lincoln (Nebraska); Wilmington (North Carolina) and Melbourne (Florida).

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