MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) – All eight Wisconsin counties along Lake Michigan have again received failing grades for their high levels of ozone.
The American Lung Association’s annual “State of the Air” report came out Wednesday.
Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Kewaunee, and Door counties all received grades of “F” — same as last year — for their high numbers of days with excessive ozone. Those counties have long argued it’s an unfair rap, because some of Chicago’s pollution gets blown in.
Kenosha County had the state’s worst grade, with just over a month’s worth of high ozone days over a three-year period ending in 2013.
Meanwhile, two more counties than a year ago received grades of “A” for their lack of ozone — Ashland, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Marathon, Taylor and Vilas.
The survey grades counties which have had their air monitored for at least a three-year period.
Dane County, where Madison is located, was graded “B” while the county with Green Bay — Brown — was given a “D.”
The lung association also graded counties on their particle pollution — and no Wisconsin counties got “D’s” or “F’s” in that department. 12 counties received “A’s” for their lack of air particles — Ashland, Eau Claire, Forest, Grant, Kenosha, La Crosse, Ozaukee, Sauk, Taylor, Vilas, and Waukesha.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
