Report finds Atlanta-area air pollution worsening

STATE NEWS

Metro Atlanta suffers from the third-worst levels of ozone pollution, also known as smog, in the Southeast, according to a study released on Wednesday by the American Lung Association.

The group’s annual “State of the Air” report also ranks the Atlanta region as the fourth-worst in the Southeast for particle pollution, also known colloquially as soot.

The new report measured air quality nationwide f…