The Top Ten Most Polluted Cities in the United States

High pollution rates, you might be surprised…

Forbes magazine ranked the major metropolitan areas of America for pollution based on the number of superfund sites in the city, the number of facilities releasing toxic chemicals, pounds of toxic chemicals released in the area, and the air quality ranking.

Forbes ranked America’s largest 40 metro areas for pollution and we want to know- is your city on the list? Why do you think that is? Are you surprised at the Top Ten? Click here to see the full report, showing the full list of city toxicity.

The Top Ten

Ranked from worst pollution to well, less worse:

1. Atlanta, GA metro area
2. Detroit, MI metro area
3. Houston, TX metro area
4. Chicago, IL metro area
5. Philadelphia, PA metro area
6. Cleveland, OH metro area
7. Los Angeles, CA metro area
8. Jacksonville, FL metro area
9. Portland, OR metro area
10. Dallas/FTW, TX metro area

TIP: use this list as inspiration for a blog post on your own real estate blog and tell your readers why your city is not on the list or if it is, what can be done to make sure it’s not on the list in 2010, or even discuss what a superfund site is and if your city has them.