READING, Pa. – This Earth Day, the region got low marks from the American Lung Association when it comes to air quality.
The group released its 27th “State of the Air” report Wednesday.
The report says the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden region gets straight F’s for ozone smog and fine particle pollution.
The assessment says the daily measures of fine particle pollution and ozone smog both improved slightly, but the year-round average of particles worsened compared to last year.
The annual report includes recommendations for actions that both policymakers and individual people can take to improve air quality.
This year, it also “calls attention to some of the many ways that the current EPA is weakening, delaying and eliminating clean air protections, and urges EPA to value the health of children, and follow science and the law to protect public health.”