EPA Toxic Data Links Los Angeles County with Highest Cancer Risk in Nation Due To Breathing Air

According to EPA toxic data, parts of Los Angeles County top the risk of Americans getting cancer as a result of breathing the air over a lifetime.

(I’m not sure how many years equals a “lifetime”)

There are 80 known carcinogens in the air, and Los Angeles residents living near major roadways and industry, exceed 1200 in a million expected to get cancer as a result of going about their day.

The national average of cancer risk is 36 in a million.

People living in parts of Coconino County, Arizona and Lyon County, Nevada, had the lowest cancer risk from air toxics.

The counties with the least toxic air in America were Kalawao County, Hawaii, and Golden Valley County, Montana.

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