American Lung Association report comes amid Trump EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections
Nearly half of children in the United States are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a new report, as experts warned Donald Trump’s expansive rollback of protections will make the situation worse.
The 27th annual air quality report from the American Lung Association (ALA) released on Wednesday evaluates pollution across the country by grading levels of ground-level ozone – also known as smog – as well as year-round and short-term spikes in particle pollution, commonly referred to as soot. The report analyzed quality-assured data collected between 2022 and 2024.
It found that 33.5 million children in the US – 46% of those under 18 – live in areas that received a failing grade for at least one measure of air pollution.
Yes, but how are corporate profits? Are they healthy?
It really is sad how little the average person thinks about the shareholders…
Have you seen the dow?!?!
I commute by bike with a respirator, but sometimes I sleep in and have to rush out during the time kids are going to school and in the old days they would shout stuff like “nice bike bane!” and now I don’t even have a clue what they are saying. I don’t understand the references or slang and it’s not just white and asian kids pretending to be black any more. My headcanon is that they are cluelessly breathing all this shit in and its making them stupid.
I’m pretty sure my decades of breathing this shit plays a part in how much my mind has deteriorated at least.
