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"These are the 8 states with the worst air pollution."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/these-are-the-8-states-with-the-worst-air-pollution/ss-AAHodmjBusiness Insider
These are the 8 states with the worst air pollution.
Aylin Woodward
9/25/19
"Who's got the world's cleanest and safest air and water? AMERICA!" President Donald Trump tweeted earlier this month.
Unfortunately, that's not true.
The US ranks 10th worldwide when it comes to overall air quality, according to The Environmental Performance Index, an analysis by scientists at Yale and Columbia. Australia comes in first.
What's more, air quality in the US has been declining after decades of improvement, according to reporting from the Associated Press. Using data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the AP found that there were 15% more bad air days per US city last year than the average from preceding years.
Read More: President Trump keeps falsely saying the US has the 'world's cleanest and safest air.' Actually, he's making pollution worse.
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