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Almost half of Americans breathe unhealthy air, report says

FILE — People take pictures on the Brooklyn Promenade as smoke from northern wildfires blankets Lower Manhattan, June 7, 2023. At least 156 million Americans, about 46 percent of the population, live with unsafe levels of ozone, particulate pollution or both, according to the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)

The report found that people of color are more than twice as likely to live in a community with high ozone and particulate pollution, compared with white people.

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