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America's Most Polluted Cities
• http://www.forbes.com, morgan brennanIt’s troublesome news for the Sunshine State, where air pollution already plagues many cities. In fact, five California cities have the worst air quality of all major U.S. metropolitan areas, according to the American Lung Association.
The ALA ranks the air quality of 900 counties and more than 200 Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Combined Statistical Areas–cities and their surrounding suburbs–based on ozone pollution, short-term particle pollution and year-round particle pollution.