PITTSBURGH -- The new rankings are out and Pittsburgh has been rated No. 1 when it comes to being sooty.
For several years in a row now, The American Lung Association has ranked Pittsburgh No. 2 in the nation for the most polluted air, but this year, the city took the crown.
A Team 4 special report in February found that the communities in Allegheny County with the highest rates of death from heart disease, stroke and lung and breast cancer also have the largest local industrial sources of air pollution.
The federal agency issued a notice of violation in November to Allegheny Ludlum in Natrona Heights after EPA inspectors witnessed "significant fugitive emissions into the ambient air which are not controlled."
"You have the nation's largest coke plant sitting in a valley with hills on both sides," said Cole. "That is a real challenge for us to control that source and to bring that air into compliance.
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