Apr 22, 2021
BOSTON (State House News Service) Air quality in Springfield and the Boston metropolitan area has improved over the past year in certain categories as other cities in the Northeast demonstrated worsening air conditions, according to the newest State of the Air report from the American Lung Association.
Springfield fell a few notches from 9th to 14th nationwide among cities with the lowest levels of year-round particle pollution, but both the Springfield and Boston areas recorded fewer unhealthy days for ozone pollution compared to last year.
Counties across the state have also held their own: no one county received a lower grade for ozone pollution in the Lung Association s 2021 report, and all counties maintained A or B grades for short-term particle pollution.