According to the report, after Bakersfield, the worst cities for year-round particle pollution between 2020 and 2022 were:
- Visalia, California
- Fresno-Madera-Hanford, California
- Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
- San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, California
- Los Angeles-Long Beach, California
- Sacramento-Roseville, California
- Medford-Grants Pass, Oregon
- Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona
- Fairbanks, Alaska
Los Angeles — infamous for its smog, which is mainly composed of ozone — ranked as the worst city for ozone pollution in the country, as it has on all but one “State of the Air” report. After Los Angeles, the most polluted cities for ozone were:
- Visalia, California
- Bakersfield, California
- Fresno-Madera-Hanford, California
- Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona
- Denver-Aurora, Colorado
- Sacramento-Roseville, California
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, California
- Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem, Utah
- Houston-The Woodlands, Texas
I started having ice-pick like occular-migraines that my neurologist in Ma said weren’t cluster headaches.
Anyway that started after I lived in Long Beach for ~4 years.
Now I have fibromyalgia…I wonder…
Anytime I left the window open in my apartment bathroom, the countertop would have a dusting of black bits.
I always assumed it was from the Port, from the cargo ship🚢🏭 fumes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/100-ships-idle-offshore-california-communities-see-rise-toxic-pollutan-rcna3984
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-03/port-ships-are-becoming-la-worst-polluters-regulators-plug-in
https://www.pacificenvironment.org/press-releases/state-of-california-signals-need-for-additional-measures-to-tackle-toxic-pollution-for-ocean-going-vessels
Anyway FML I hope to die at 50 now. 🤗🤔 I turned 38? 39? Feels like it’s been 15 years when I’ve only been diagnosed for 6. (Before COVID even.)