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NRDC Finds Arizona Ranks Poorly In Air Quality Measures

The Natural Resources Defense Council released an air quality map this week, with a county-by-county look at ragweed pollen levels and ozone pollution.

The analysis found 40 percent of Americans live in areas with both unhealthy ozone days and pollen-producing ragweed. That includes 4.5 million Arizonans.

Kim Knowlton is a senior scientist with the NRDC who worked on this analysis, and she joins us.

Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.