Air Quality Improves In Mon Valley After Pollution Plagues The Area

MON VALLEY (KDKA) — People in the Mon Valley are breathing easier, quite literally.
Air quality numbers in the area are getting better, but only after the Clairton area had some of the worst conditions in the country over the last couple of days.
The DEP issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day on Dec. 24 and Dec. 25 for the Liberty-Clairton area.
Matthew Mehalik, the executive director of The Breath Project, said even though the weather has an impact on the amount of pollution emitted