While I think that more monitoring and engineering around air quality is 100% a good thing, there needs to be a reality check for those freaking about yellows and oranges on this map. On this scale, an average day 50 and most definitely 100 years ago would be a black hole to another galaxy on this particular color scale.
Our steel and coal valleys were once hell on earth in comparison to air quality today--I don't want to go back to it and we know better now. Obligatory Denora smog link--perspective.
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Reply to comment by James19991 in PM 2.5 particle pollution levels today in Western Pennsylvania by Extreme_Qwerty
While I think that more monitoring and engineering around air quality is 100% a good thing, there needs to be a reality check for those freaking about yellows and oranges on this map. On this scale, an average day 50 and most definitely 100 years ago would be a black hole to another galaxy on this particular color scale.
Our steel and coal valleys were once hell on earth in comparison to air quality today--I don't want to go back to it and we know better now. Obligatory Denora smog link--perspective.