Check out this infographic displaying the states with the most toxic air pollution according to The Natural Resources Defense Council. This graphic displays the “Toxic Twenty,” explains just how much of the nation faces the threats of toxic emissions, how we get those toxic emissions, and explains the health effects of this sort of pollution exposure.Transportation is only responsible for 18% of the toxic air pollution – the generation of electricity comes in first at 44%.
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Column Five Media http://columnfivemedia.com/
Good.Is http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1208/the-toxic-twenty/flash.html