Lehigh Valley Quality of Life: Air quality in LV worsens, American Lung Association report reveals

The air we breathe is getting worse here in the Lehigh Valley, according to the American Lung Association’s State of the Air report.

“We do know that the grade worsened significantly from a “C” in the previous year’s report to a failing grade, an “F” in this year’s report for fine particle pollution- the type that comes from all sorts of burning things,” said Kevin Stewart, American Lung Association director of environmental health.

Stewart said the Lehigh Valley went from the 79th worst in the country to the 50th worst…

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