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_28CITYCIRCUM5TRNCE5SGSPENDED PAR'l'lCl.'I".\TE J\L'l.'1'Tl':n LEVl::LS, SEU;C'l'ED CITIES: 1972(In micrograms per cubic meter. JI$TATIOK :i\1!lL ~rax. GCOll1. STATWl\ Mill. 11a:", GeolU.meanmean----Arizona._ .... .. Phoenix__ .... __ 60 :':83 144 NewCalifornia.• __ .. OakJand _____ .. 21 100 57 Hampshire____ Concord _______ 20 93 38San Diego....._ 26 I 1'"L.... n"tf"d"''''. 25 137 60 Columbus. __ •.. 28 138 78New Ha,(.'n.u_ 23 131 60Oklahoma._.,. __ OklahomaFlorida.w. ___ .• MiamLh.... __ . 32 13:l 62 CiLy ___ .... 2S 19·1 67GO"g;L....... AtI,ntL"."' 1 30 :;03 821HawaiLm,.,n. Honolulu._. __ . 25 ;0 40 Oregon. _________ portland_______ 29 255 86Idaho ___ . _______ Boisem _. __ .. __ 20 I :;54 60 Pennsylvania___ Pittsburgh ___ .. 60 259 135Illinois_. ________ Chicago ________1" 336 97 Rhode Island. __ Providence_____ 38 129 69Iowa_______ .'_. Des ),10ine5_n_1 31 :;02 85 BOllth Carolina_. Columbia.. ____ 23 157 60Tennessee... __ ._ ),femphis_______KansllS __________42 395 9ZKansas City___ 29 227 116 Nashvllle._~ ___ 249 106Louisiana_. __ .._ New Orleans.._ 43 11' 73 Texas•.. ___ . ____ Dallas..._. _____ 29 319 86:\farrln.nd __ ._.__ Baltimore_. __ ._ 44 186 00 HoustOll _______ 43 177 89t-Hchigan________ Detroit_____ n __41 236 III San Antonio.u HI 54Minnesota_______ Minneapolis__ ._ 31 130!'.1JssourL.__.. _._ Bt. Louis Utah._. ______"__ Salt Lake City_211 95(CAMP)l____ 32 3tl3 120 Virginia___ . "_. __ Norfolk ______ ._" 9 116 55Nebraskan_un Omaha_________ 43 331 113 Washington. __ .• Seattle•. _._. __ . 24 109 17Nevada••_..____ Reno___________38 218 03 ,West Virgillia.... Charleston_____ 33 181 98Wisconsin _______ Milwaukee __ . __ 41 197 9ZWyoming....... Cheyenne.•••• _ 7 14. 30- Reprosents zero.1 At Continuous Air Monitoring Project (CA:\lf') Station.Source; U,S. Environmental Protcetion Agency, .l!oniloring and Air Qu.ality Trends Reporl, lU72."Table from Statistical Abstract of the United States 1974(Suspended Particulate Matter: Particles of smoke, dust, fumes and droplets in the air.)1) Using a standard of 75 microgram!m 3 (annual geometric mean), what cities had too muchsuspended particulate matter?2) Which city had the highest geometric mean? the lowest?3) What city had the highest maximum amount of suspended particulate matter?4) These are selected cities, not the only cities with air problems.are not represented?How many states5) What are some cities with obvious air pollution problems that are not mentionedhere?6) Suspended particulate matter does not include carbon monoxide, ozone, sulfur oxidesor nitrogen oxides. What information do you need before you decide whether thecities in the table have polluted air?217