Here are the states with the dirtiest air in America, from a report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC):
Residents of Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania are exposed to more toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants than in any other state.
Here is a graphic from Good covering the “toxic twenty”. See if your state is on the list:
1. “Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.”
4. “The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.”
5. “Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.”
6. “Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.”
9. “Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.”
11. “Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.”
Read all 12 – Insightful Quotes from Mr. Rogers
// Thx – Darin R. McClure
I love this story because it backs up my own behavior. With gas prices skyrocketing I find myself biking for local errands, and I’ve begun to love it!
Nearly 70 percent of Americans’ car trips are less than two miles long. It’s a no-brainer that biking instead of driving to take care of these trips is a great way to get exercise while cutting air pollution.
Last week, the journal Environmental Health Perspectives published findings from a study by scientists at the University of Wisconsin on the economic and health benefits of switching from a car to a bike for trips shorter than five miles long in 11 metropolitan areas around the upper Midwest…they’d create a net societal health benefit of $3.5 billion per year from the increase in air quality and $3.8 billion in savings from smaller health care costs.
via Good - (thx to Amy Senger)
The full story via NPR’s Health Blog.