SEATTLE — Some Puget Sound counties have gotten bad marks in a national American Lung Association report rating cities and counties on pollution levels.
The State of the Air report released today gives Snohomish and Pierce counties got F’s for fine particle pollution, while King and Spokane counties got C’s.
In ozone pollution, King County got an F grade and Pierce County a C grade.
Dr. Al Brady of the American Lung Association of the Northwest says the report doesn’t account for recent work done to reduce diesel emissions and replace smoky wood stoves in the region.
The national report based its rankings on air quality measurements that local and state agencies reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency between 2005 and 2007.
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