CINCINNATI —

A new study from the American Lung Association has ranked Cincinnati as one of the 25 most polluted cities in the country.

Cincinnati was ranked 14th in the nation in the ALA report, which is worse than its 22nd ranking last year. Advertisement

The ALA states the report issues rankings based on a city's exposure to unhealthy levels of ground-level ozone air pollution, annual particle pollution, and short-term spikes in particle pollution over a three-year period.

The report included data from 2021 through 2023. During that time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a new annual particle pollution standard.

Along with tighter standards from the EPA, in 2023, most of the Midwest was dealing with significant smoke from wildfires in Canada. According to t

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