Raise awareness for those impacted by lung disease by participating in the Lung Force Walk at the Detroit Zoo.

The report ranks Metro Detroit 12th out 200 metro areas for year-round particle pollution, which is up four spots from last year’s report. The region slid down to the 32nd worst for ozone. The report ranks cities based on a three-year rolling average.

While it may feel like much of life has returned to normal compared to the height of COVID, the CDC says between two to 4,000 Americans are still dying from the disease each week. Most of those are seniors who fall into other high-risk groups.

I didn’t mention firefighters and first responders climbing because we don’t have video - it’s happening this afternoon.