Fresno Air Pollution Like Smoking 160 Cigarettes A Year
Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports that Fresno, California, ranks among the top U.S. cities for dangerous air pollution, equating to smoking 169 cigarettes annually. Despite national improvements in air quality since the 1960s, Fresno’s pollution—driven largely by wildfire smoke from nearby Los Angeles—keeps it near the top of the PM2.5 danger list.
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