Expert Advi ce How-to Guides News Glossary Search: in 6 Homes for Sale San Francisco, CA Search Dirtiest Cities in America Christopher Helman, Forbes.com November 4, 2011 Provided by: California has gone to extremes to improve the state ’s air quality, pushing out coal-fired power plants and implementing the strictest auto emissions standards in the nation. L.A.’s persistent smog layer may be a shadow of its former self, but it hasn ’t been enough. Lots of people and too many cars means California still has seven big cities that rank among the 20 most polluted in the nation. L.A. ranks No. 2 on our list of America’s Dirtiest Cities, and San Diego is no. 9, but some of the worst air in the country is in smaller cities in the San Joaquin Valley, where a ring of mountains traps a stagnant stew of ozone and particulate matter. According to data that Forbes crunched from The American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2011 report, the most hazardous breathing in America is in Bakersfield. Hot, dusty, adjacent to California’s biggest oil fields, Bakersfield has 60 days a year of unhealthy air, 10 times a level considered acceptable . Its ozone levels are better than at any time in the past 15 years, but still unhealthy for 100 days out of the year. See full list: America’s Dirtiest CitiesBy contrast, Houston (No. 18) has 25 bad ozone days a year while New York (No. 14) suffers just 17, down from 40 a decade ago). The Lung Association figures that half of the U.S. population lives in places where the air is sometimes unfit to breathe, contributing to asthma and lung cancer. And death. The data show that more people die of respiratory ailments on bad-air days. Here are the top 10 dirtiest cities: #10 Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Yuba City, CA-NVPopulation: 2.4 million Year-round particulate pollution rank: 45 (approx.) Short-term particulate pollution rank: 9 Ozone pollution rank: 5 AdChoices Yahoo! Real Estate on FacebookLike 38,054 Follow @YahooRealEstate on Twitter Search San Francisco Mortgage Rates Get Rates California Mortgage Rates Updated Thursday, November 3, 2011 Mortgage Type 15 Yr Fixed: 30 Yr Fixed: Today 3.659% 4.351% Last Week 3.733% 4.420% Change -0.074% -0.069% Graph graph graph See more rates Most Recent Articles by the Experts Bill and Kevin Burnett: Sweat Equity Reader tips for sticky deck problem Wed, Nov 2, 2011 3 steps to fixing a warped floor Wed, Oct 26, 2011 See all articles from Bill and Kevin Burnett » Jack M. Guttentag: The Mortgage Professor Why Isn't Housing Recovering? Send Print Location San Francisco, CA Loan Amount $10000 Loan Purpose 6 Purchase Loan Type 6 Fixed Find a Home Finance and Mortgage Neighborhood Info Guides and Advice My Real Estate For Professionals New User? Make Y! Your Homepage Register Sign In Help Yahoo! Mail Search Web Search
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