2003 winners of Most Polluted/Least Polluted cities

Dpierce37 · Ladies Man Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin

This year's 20 most polluted metropolitan areas are:

1. Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.
2. Fresno, Calif.
3. Bakersfield, Calif.
4. Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, Calif.
5. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas
6. Sacramento-Yolo, Calif.
7. Merced, Calif.
8. Atlanta, Ga.
9. Knoxville, Tenn.
10. Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, N.C.-S.C.
11. Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.V.
12. Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
13. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.
14. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, Conn.-N.J.-N.Y.
15. Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz.
16. Baton Rouge, La.
17. Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, N.C.
18. Memphis, Tenn.-Ark.-Miss.
19. Birmingham, Ala.
20. San Diego, Calif.

And the 20 metro areas with the least ozone air pollution, in alphabetical order:

1. Bellingham, Wash.
2. Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, Texas
3. Colorado Springs, Colo.
4. Duluth-Superior, Minn.-Wis.
5. Elkhart-Goshen, Ind.
6. Eugene-Springfield, Ore.
7. Fargo-Moorhead, N.D.-Minn.
8. Flagstaff, Ariz.-Utah
9. Greeley, Colo.
10. Honolulu, Hawaii
11. Laredo, Texas
12. Lincoln, Neb.
13. Medford-Ashland, Ore.
14. Portland-Salem, Ore.-Wash.
15. Salinas, Calif.
16. San Francisco
17. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, Calif.
18. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, Calif.
19. Sioux Falls, S.D.
20. Spokane, Wash.

and here is the link:
http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/64/72312.htm

Dpierce37 · Ladies Man Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin

Wasnt Houston #1 last year. Glad they dropped a couple of notches!

Jester · Posted: May 02, 2003 8:21 am Post subject:

So I moved from one of the cleanest cities (San Jose) to one of the dirtiest (San Diego)? Figures. The water quality down here is WAY worse than Santa Cruz too, I just can't win! Crying or Very sad

Adam Greer · Posted: May 02, 2003 8:22 am Post subject:

sweet, number ten. The chain of lakes i ride on gets all the crap from charlotte. I was doing research for a project and found that our chain of lakes is the 13th most polluted lake and river system in the world. Man and i ride in it everyday Laughing

jason_ssr · Posted: May 02, 2003 9:00 am Post subject:

WOOHOO!!!! #12!!!

Mariognarly · Addict Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 853

any canadian city information?

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

California is representing in both categories. I'm not sure if I'm proud or what?

Dpierce37 · Ladies Man Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin

Chales · Guest

Why do I have an inkling that this study was based in California?

Dragonlady8 · Guest

I'm surprised that I haven't developed any severe respiratory problems since I've live in 4 of the worse polluted cities at one time or another during my life.
They should have lumped #'s 2-4 all together since they're practically the same environment

forwaken · Addict Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 635 City: Turlock, CA

Must.... get..... out..... of...... valley...... Confused

I notices most of the polluted areas in California are in the valley's, surprise, surprise. Of course they are going to be the most polluted, the air is trapped by the mountains. Most of the clean areas in Cali are coastal/breezy areas. What are the points of these surveys anyways, Government Funding, to piss people off, what?

One other thing I noticed... Mered, a metropolitan area? Are you kidding me? Laughing

JHrod · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3144

oh yeah b'ham comin in at 19 woohoo!!! and on top of that i ride on a lake polluted with a $#!t load of PCB's dumped up river----my kids are gonna be the next teenage mutant ninja turtles Twisted Evil