The Erie-Meadville metro area’s air quality has declined and Canadian wildfires in 2023 are at least partially to blame.
That, according to a state of the air report recently released by the American Lung Association.
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The area’s grades have dropped from “A” to “C” for high ozone days and 24-hour particle pollution. The report noted that wildfire smoke contributed to the worsening air quality.
“Anyone who remembers June of 2023, the wildfire smoke from Canada came across and that was enough to push grades into the C range for both of these pollutants,” said Kevin Stewart, director of environmental health at the American Lung Association.
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The report ranks the Erie-Meadville area 130th worst for high ozone days and 104th worst for 24-hour particle pollution. That’s out of about 225 metropolitan areas…