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When It Comes To ‘Pollution,’ Most Of It Is In the Media’s Mind - Big Journalism

"Ergo, according to ALA, the number of Americans breathing unhealthy air increased by sixteen per cent over a two year period, from 42% to 58%.

This suggests two things: a) air pollution emissions over that two year period must have increased, and b) the concentrations of air pollutants in the atmosphere must have gone up as well.

The only problem is that neither of those things actually happened."