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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dharna Noor

Washington records world’s worst air quality for a city after 850,000 Fourth of July fireworks

Fireworks burst over the Potomac with the Arlington Memorial Bridge and Lincoln Memorial at night
Fireworks burst in Washington DC to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. Photograph: J David Ake/Getty Images

Washington DC residents breathed in “unhealthy” air for hours after a 40-minute Independence Day fireworks show over the National Mall on Saturday night, with the country’s capital briefly recording the worst air quality of any major city in the world.

The highly emitting display, which the president called “spectacular”, came as the Trump administration rolls back an unprecedented number of pollution controls.

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