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Air District Not Doing Job

We had promises of steady and continued improvement two years ago.  We also had promises of attainment of the federal health standard by 2024 which was too long in many peoples' minds.  They didn't tell us our air would actually get worse before it got better.  How does a public health agency like our air district get away with this crap?  What part of our economy is more important than our health?

Check out the chart for June and the first part of July.  Our ozone readings are 8% worse than the past couple years.   Just like our recent fall and winter particulate problems were worse.  The smoke is bad enough but this ozone problem has nothing to do with the smoke.  It is a combination of heat, stagnant air, NOX from vehicles and volatile organic compounds (number one source: dairies).  Our air would still be hazy from the first two ingredients but it is deadly after mixing in the last two.