Garfield County commissioners Monday formally objected to an American Lung Association report that ranked the Glenwood Springs-Edwards area as the 25th most ozone-polluted city in the country. Commissioners voiced support for a letter drafted by the county’s environmental health specialist, Morgan Hill, that questioned the method used by the American Lung Association.
ALA’s 2016 “state of the air report,” an annual report that uses data on ozone and particle pollution from monitoring stations across the country, concluded that the Glenwood Springs-Edwards metropolitan statistical area ranked 25th for most-ozone polluted cities.
The report, which was released in April, gave Garfield and many other Colorado counties an “F” for high ozone days from 2012-14. During that time period, Garfield had 47 days with an “orange” ozone rating, which signifies unhealthy conditions for sensitive groups, such as those with asthma.
The results in ALA’s report run contrary to annual reports using data compiled by Garfield County, which boasts about the robust size of its monitoring program. Read the full story on .
