{"id":752155,"date":"2025-11-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/?p=752155"},"modified":"2025-10-27T08:46:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:46:18","slug":"is-tulsa-among-the-most-ozone-polluted-metropolitan-areas-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/11\/04\/is-tulsa-among-the-most-ozone-polluted-metropolitan-areas-in-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Tulsa among the most ozone-polluted metropolitan areas in the country?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-custom-everlit-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_gaN16teRXYK?client=wp&amp;client_version=2.6.0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0dfbf163 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading hideyesno\">Yes.<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes.png?resize=771%2C271&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-731244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes.png?resize=771%2C271&amp;ssl=1 771w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes.png?resize=336%2C118&amp;ssl=1 336w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes.png?resize=768%2C270&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes.png?resize=400%2C140&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes.png?resize=706%2C248&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes.png?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes-771x271.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Using data from the EPA, the American Lung Association\u2019s 2025 State of the Air report ranked the Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee metropolitan area at No.19 out of 228 areas for high ozone, and among the top 40% for air particle pollution.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee and Oklahoma City-Shawnee areas received failing scores for high ozone days, as an average of 3.2 or below is required to pass, with the Tulsa area having an annual weighted average of high ozone days at 10.8. That\u2019s more than double Oklahoma City\u2019s average of five days but dramatically lower than the 40 or more days Tulsa was averaging 25 years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report found that 46% of Americans live in an area that fails in at least one measure of air pollution, and more than 125 million Americans live in areas with unhealthy ozone levels, a 25% increase from the prior year\u2019s report which is attributed to extreme heat and wildfires.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/tulsa\/comments\/1nriu32\/comment\/ngf0ht7\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">this one<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>Oklahoma Watch partners with <a href=\"https:\/\/gigafact.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gigafact<\/a> to produce fact briefs \u2014 bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul><li>American Lung Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lung.org\/research\/sota\/city-rankings\/most-polluted-cities\" target=\"_blank\">Most Polluted Cities \u2013 2025<\/a><\/li><li>American Lung Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lung.org\/research\/sota\/city-rankings\/msas\/tulsa-bartlesville-muskogee-ok\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK \u2013 2025<\/a><\/li><li>American Lung Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lung.org\/research\/sota\/city-rankings\/compare-your-air?msa1=Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee,%20OK&amp;msa2=Oklahoma%20City-Shawnee,%20OK\" target=\"_blank\">Compare Your Air \u2013 2025<\/a><\/li><li>American Lung Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lung.org\/media\/press-releases\/state-of-the-air-2025\" target=\"_blank\">New Report: Nearly Half of People in U.S. Exposed to Dangerous Air Pollution Levels<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/gigafact.org\/quiz\/oklahoma-watch\/default-7777\/\" style=\"width: 100%; 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