California has eight of 10 most polluted U.S. cities
Doyle Rice, USA TODAY Published 12:01 a.m. ET April 18, 2018 | Updated 1:04 p.m. ET April 18, 2018
Forget the Golden State. California should be called the Smoggy State.
Eight of the USA's 10 most-polluted cities, in terms of ozone pollution, are in California, according to the American Lung Association's annual "State of the Air" report, released Wednesday.
The Los Angeles/Long Beach area took the dubious distinction of being the nation's most ozone-polluted city as it has for nearly the entire 19-year history of the report
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