STATE OF THE AIR QUALITY REPORT RELEASED

THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION HAS RELEASED ITS 27^THANNUAL…..STATE OF THE AIR REPORT…..WHICH FINDS THAT NEARLY HALF OF THE CHILDREN IN THE

 U-S  ARE BREATHING UNHEALTHY LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION……INCLUDING OVER 176-THOUSAND IN KENTUCKY…..

THE BOWLING GREEN-GLASGOW-FRANKLIN AREA SLIGHTLY WORSENED FOR OZONE POLLUTION MOVING FROM 92^ND WORST IN THE NATION TO

91^ST…..ALTHOUGH THE MEASURE IN THE AREA’S WORST COUNTY….SIMPSON…..REMAINED UNCHANGED EARNING A “D” GRADE”…..

THE MEASURE IMPROVED FOR DAILY PARTICULANT  POLLUTION, RANKINGTHE METRO AREA 148^TH WORST AND EARNING A “B” GRADE…..WHICH IS BETTER

THAN LAST YEAR’S RESULTS OF 119TH WORST AND A “C” GRADE……

THE YEAR-ROUND AVERAGE LEVEL OF PARTICULANT POLLUTION IMPROVED FROM 168^TH IN THE NATION TO 155^TH……..

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