Is Your Air Too Dirty To Breath?
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Is Your Air Too Dirty To Breath?
WASHINGTON - The air in hundreds of U.S. counties is simply too dirty to breathe, the government said Wednesday, ordering a multibillion-dollar expansion of efforts to clean up smog in cities and towns nationwide.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced it was tightening the amount of ozone, commonly known as smog, that will be allowed in the air. But the lower standard still falls short of what most health experts say is needed to significantly reduce heart and asthma attacks from breathing smog-clogged air.
EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson called the new smog requirements "the most stringent standards ever," and he said they will require 345 counties — out of more than 700 that are monitored — to make air quality improvements because they now have dirtier air than is healthy.
Counties or parishes by state that currently do not meet the Environmental Protection Agency's new health standard for smog, as provided by the EPA.
Alabama: Baldwin, Jefferson, Madison, Mobile, Morgan, Shelby.
Alaska: None.
Arizona: Gila, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal.
Arkansas: Crittenden, Pulaski.
California: Alameda, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Shasta, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo.
Colorado: Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson, Weld.
Connecticut: Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland.
Delaware: Kent, New Castle, Sussex.
Florida: Bay, Duval, Escambia, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee, Orange, Sarasota, Seminole.
Georgia: Bibb, Clarke, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Murray, Paulding, Richmond, Rockdale.
Hawaii: None.
Idaho: Ada.
Illinois: Jersey, Lake, Madison, Saint Clair.
Indiana: Allen, Boone, Clark, Elkart, Greene, Hamilton, Johnson, Lake, LaPorte, Marion, Perry, Porter, St. Joseph, Warrick.
Iowa: None.
Kansas: None.
Kentucky: Boyd, Christian, Greenup, Jefferson, Kenton, Oldham.
Louisiana: Ascension, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Ouachita, Pointe Coupee, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, West Baton Rouge.
Maine: Hancock.
Maryland: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Kent, Montgomery, Prince George's, Washington.
Massachusetts: Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester.
Michigan: Allegan, Benzie, Berrien, Cass, Genesee, Kent, Lenawee, Macomb, Mason, Muskegon, Ottawa, Schoolcraft, St. Clair, Washtenaw.
Minnesota: None.
Mississippi: DeSoto, Harrison, Jackson.
Missouri: Clay, Clinton, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Sainte Genevieve, St. Louis City.
Montana: None.
Nebraska: None.
Nevada: Clark.
New Hampshire: Hillsborough.
New Jersey: Atlantic, Bergen, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic.
New Mexico: None.
New York: Chautauqua, Erie, Essex, Niagara, Orange, Oswego, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond, Saratoga, Suffolk, Ulster, Westchester.
North Carolina: Cumberland, Davie, Forsyth, Franklin, Graham, Granville, Haywood, Johnston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Person, Rowan, Union, Wake.
North Dakota: None.
Ohio: Allen, Ashtabula, Butler, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Cuyahoga, Delaware, Franklin, Geauga, Greene, Hamilton, Jefferson, Knox, Lake, Licking, Lucas, Madison, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Warren, Washington, Wood.
Oklahoma: Canadian, Cherokee, Comanche, Creek, Kay, Mayes, Oklahoma, Ottawa, Tulsa.
Oregon: None.
Pennsylvania: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bucks, Centre, Chester, Clearfield, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Greene, Lancaster, Lehigh, Lycoming, Mercer, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Tioga, Washington, Westmoreland, York.
Rhode Island: Kent, Providence, Washington.
South Carolina: Abbeville, Aiken, Darlington, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, York.
South Dakota: None.
Tennessee: Anderson, Blount, Davidson, Hamilton, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Meigs, Sevier, Shelby, Sullivan, Sumner, Wilson.
Texas: Bexar, Brazoria, Collin, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Ellis, Galveston, Gregg, Harris, Harrison, Hood, Hunt, Jefferson, Johnson, Montgomery, Orange, Parker, Rockwall, Smith, Tarrant, Travis.
Utah: Davis, Salt Lake, Utah, Washington, Weber.
Vermont: None.
Virginia: Alexandria City, Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Fairfax, Hampton City, Hanover, Henrico, Loudoun, Madison, Prince William, Stafford, Suffolk City.
Washington: None.
Washington, D.C.: Washington, D.C.
West Virginia: Cabell, Ohio, Wood.
Wisconsin: Door, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan.
Wyoming: None.
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced it was tightening the amount of ozone, commonly known as smog, that will be allowed in the air. But the lower standard still falls short of what most health experts say is needed to significantly reduce heart and asthma attacks from breathing smog-clogged air.
EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson called the new smog requirements "the most stringent standards ever," and he said they will require 345 counties — out of more than 700 that are monitored — to make air quality improvements because they now have dirtier air than is healthy.
Counties or parishes by state that currently do not meet the Environmental Protection Agency's new health standard for smog, as provided by the EPA.
Alabama: Baldwin, Jefferson, Madison, Mobile, Morgan, Shelby.
Alaska: None.
Arizona: Gila, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal.
Arkansas: Crittenden, Pulaski.
California: Alameda, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Shasta, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo.
Colorado: Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson, Weld.
Connecticut: Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland.
Delaware: Kent, New Castle, Sussex.
Florida: Bay, Duval, Escambia, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee, Orange, Sarasota, Seminole.
Georgia: Bibb, Clarke, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Murray, Paulding, Richmond, Rockdale.
Hawaii: None.
Idaho: Ada.
Illinois: Jersey, Lake, Madison, Saint Clair.
Indiana: Allen, Boone, Clark, Elkart, Greene, Hamilton, Johnson, Lake, LaPorte, Marion, Perry, Porter, St. Joseph, Warrick.
Iowa: None.
Kansas: None.
Kentucky: Boyd, Christian, Greenup, Jefferson, Kenton, Oldham.
Louisiana: Ascension, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Ouachita, Pointe Coupee, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, West Baton Rouge.
Maine: Hancock.
Maryland: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Kent, Montgomery, Prince George's, Washington.
Massachusetts: Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester.
Michigan: Allegan, Benzie, Berrien, Cass, Genesee, Kent, Lenawee, Macomb, Mason, Muskegon, Ottawa, Schoolcraft, St. Clair, Washtenaw.
Minnesota: None.
Mississippi: DeSoto, Harrison, Jackson.
Missouri: Clay, Clinton, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Sainte Genevieve, St. Louis City.
Montana: None.
Nebraska: None.
Nevada: Clark.
New Hampshire: Hillsborough.
New Jersey: Atlantic, Bergen, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic.
New Mexico: None.
New York: Chautauqua, Erie, Essex, Niagara, Orange, Oswego, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond, Saratoga, Suffolk, Ulster, Westchester.
North Carolina: Cumberland, Davie, Forsyth, Franklin, Graham, Granville, Haywood, Johnston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Person, Rowan, Union, Wake.
North Dakota: None.
Ohio: Allen, Ashtabula, Butler, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Cuyahoga, Delaware, Franklin, Geauga, Greene, Hamilton, Jefferson, Knox, Lake, Licking, Lucas, Madison, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Warren, Washington, Wood.
Oklahoma: Canadian, Cherokee, Comanche, Creek, Kay, Mayes, Oklahoma, Ottawa, Tulsa.
Oregon: None.
Pennsylvania: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bucks, Centre, Chester, Clearfield, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Greene, Lancaster, Lehigh, Lycoming, Mercer, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Tioga, Washington, Westmoreland, York.
Rhode Island: Kent, Providence, Washington.
South Carolina: Abbeville, Aiken, Darlington, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, York.
South Dakota: None.
Tennessee: Anderson, Blount, Davidson, Hamilton, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Meigs, Sevier, Shelby, Sullivan, Sumner, Wilson.
Texas: Bexar, Brazoria, Collin, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Ellis, Galveston, Gregg, Harris, Harrison, Hood, Hunt, Jefferson, Johnson, Montgomery, Orange, Parker, Rockwall, Smith, Tarrant, Travis.
Utah: Davis, Salt Lake, Utah, Washington, Weber.
Vermont: None.
Virginia: Alexandria City, Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Fairfax, Hampton City, Hanover, Henrico, Loudoun, Madison, Prince William, Stafford, Suffolk City.
Washington: None.
Washington, D.C.: Washington, D.C.
West Virginia: Cabell, Ohio, Wood.
Wisconsin: Door, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan.
Wyoming: None.
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Depends on the last time I hit the shitter.
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124 MI(LRSD) 90-91 (Desert Storm)
Repeal the 16th, enforce the 10th.
ΜΩΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
"I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all." Gen. James Mattis
Panem Et Circenses
My safe space
More liberal bullshit like Al Gores global warming crap. "Be afraid of everything!! It's the Republicans fault!!"
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"A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within." -W. Durant
Rio Hato/AO Diaz CCT/Commo
"It is a heavy thing, to see a Father so strong in life, unable to rise."
"A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within." -W. Durant
- Silverback
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Because you are a Ranger. You were born to breath bad air.Silverback wrote:If this is true...why am I still able to breath?
2/75 HHC C/E 89-92
Rio Hato/AO Diaz CCT/Commo
"It is a heavy thing, to see a Father so strong in life, unable to rise."
"A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within." -W. Durant
Rio Hato/AO Diaz CCT/Commo
"It is a heavy thing, to see a Father so strong in life, unable to rise."
"A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within." -W. Durant
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"Is your air fucking filthy?" would have been a better title.
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There are some fookin' sweet states on that list, some with 'clean' air and low or near-zero populations. The more I know people, I'm thinking the best thing to do is get the hell away from everybody. If the air in the middle of fookin' nowhere is also cleaner, that's just an extra bonus.EvilCouch wrote:"Is your air fucking filthy?" would have been a better title.
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You want clean air...you need to visit Rustamiyah (Baghdad). It sits on the shores of the Diyala River and 300 meters from a sewer treament facility.Everett Ruess wrote:I was thinking the same thing.KW Driver wrote:Mosul's not on that list.... hmm....
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"thnks 4 pratn merku!"
3-75 84/85, 95/97
"thnks 4 pratn merku!"
Compared to what the rest of the world breathes, I will take the air just about anywhere in the US.
RLTW
Lefty
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Ranger Class 13-70
MACV Tm 21 70-71 (2nd ARVN Ranger Gp 23d
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"Experience teaches a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and some scarce in that"
Lefty
SFOC 1969
6th SFG(A) 69-70
Ranger Class 13-70
MACV Tm 21 70-71 (2nd ARVN Ranger Gp 23d
BN)
2/13 Armor 1st Cav 71-72
"Experience teaches a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and some scarce in that"
yeah, I'm not measuring dicks here, but the first night here I woke up at 0300 thinking someone had stuffed shit into my AC, it was that bad.Silverback wrote:You want clean air...you need to visit Rustamiyah (Baghdad). It sits on the shores of the Diyala River and 300 meters from a sewer treament facility.Everett Ruess wrote:I was thinking the same thing.KW Driver wrote:Mosul's not on that list.... hmm....
and the town is in a little bowl and with inversion layers, there is always a smog layer just hanging. started coughing day two.
I miss Tal Afar's clean air.
A Co & HHC 3/75 '93-'98.
RS 10-94.
200 meters of green shit next to a river in the desert does not qualify as a "Crescent of Fertility" -me
"The meek shall inherit the earth, one meter wide and two meters long" -Lazarus Long
RS 10-94.
200 meters of green shit next to a river in the desert does not qualify as a "Crescent of Fertility" -me
"The meek shall inherit the earth, one meter wide and two meters long" -Lazarus Long