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Morning True. This area is full of industry and Ohio Valley polluted air and allergies. However, we don't top most lists to compare with California!

Health wise, I just keep telling myself, "The Strong Do Survive".

2015 article

Ohio River tops nation for industrial pollution

The Ohio River once again leads the nation for industrial pollution.

That's even as the eight-state commission that sets the river's water quality standards recommends relaxing rules on mercury and certain other toxic chemicals.

By all accounts, the river that marks Kentucky's northern border and Indiana's southern flank is much cleaner than it was a generation or two ago.

But recent numbers — compiled by Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission and the commission's latest proposals for changes and variances to water quality standards — show the Ohio very much remains a working river that cuts through the heart American industry.

"You are going to have pollution in some shape or form," said Gerald Smith, who has been fishing the Ohio for 40 years and is youth director for the Kentucky Bass Federation. "Over the years they've done a real good job of controlling it."

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2015/03/11/ohio-river-panel-ease-mercury-requirements/70153174/