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Air pollution still plagues nearly half of Americans. That does a number on our health

Despite improvements in air quality in past decades, 156 million Americans still breathe in too much soot or ozone, says the annual State of the Air report from the American Lung Association.

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Dangerous Air Pollution Impacting 156 Million Americans

The American Lung Association has revealed that nearly half the U.S. population resided in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution between 2021 and 2023.

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Nearly Half of People in the U.S. are Breathing Polluted Air—Are You at Risk?

“State of the Air” uses letter grades to measure unhealthy levels of ground-level ozone air pollution (also known as smog), and year-round and short-term spikes in particle pollution (also known as soot) over a three-year period. The 2025 report looks at the latest quality-assured air quality data, which was collected from 2021 to 2023.

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Almost half of U.S. residents are exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, new report says. These are the areas that got an "F"

A new report on air quality across the U.S. offers a cloudy prognosis on the long-term health of about 156 million residents ...

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Bumble bee decline tied to air pollution's disruption of gut microbiome

A study of bumble bees has uncovered a potential reason for the insects' decline. By studying bumble bee exposure to ...

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Scientists say human-caused pollution may be masking the true extent of climate warming

The findings will help develop more accurate climate models to predict future climate change. View on euronews ...

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Scientists investigate bumblebee decline due to particulate pollutant exposure

By studying bumblebee exposure to particulate air pollutants scientists at the University of Leicester have determined that ...

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Canadian Wildfire Smoke Cooled New York by 3 Degrees and Trapped Air Toxicants

Rutgers Health researchers from the Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Center (NAMC) at the Environmental Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI) found that wildfire particles created a ...

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Air pollution and conjunctivitis: Why you shouldn't ignore the link

Growing air pollution, with pollutants like PM2.5, NO2, and SO2, significantly increases the risk of conjunctivitis, especially allergic forms. Studies reveal a strong link between elevated levels ...

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Metro Atlanta’s air quality drops drastically in new American Lung Association report

Every year, the American Lung Association compiles a report measuring different kinds of air pollution levels — and in 2025, metro Atlanta performed poorly.

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