DR. FRANZISKA ROSSER Allegheny County has a long history of air pollution that continues today, thanks to power plants, steel mills, and chemical manufacturing plants which emit high levels of pollutants. In 2021, the American Lung Association's State of the Air report ranked the Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton metropolitan area, which includes Allegheny county, as the 7th … Continued

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