The air quality data shown here appears to be quit
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7/1/2008
Please be very careful to check other sources for air quality in Parkersburg. The data here shows 49, yet for Belpre & Marietta (Ohio) which are adjacent to Parkersburg, it shows 18. Several types of plastics are manufactured within the bounds of Parkersburg, Belpre & Marietta (OH). The area, known as the Mid-Ohio Valley, frequently suffers thermal inversions, in which the polluted air is trapped close to the ground. The economy in Parkersburg depends heavily on various plastics and chemical plants, including a large DuPont Teflon facility, which is in the middle of a class action lawsuit for dispersing C-8, a known carcinogen, into the air and water -- for several decades.
I.B. | Lantana, TX