BY AMANDA HARRISON
A new air quality report shows Michigan's ozone pollution has increased but overall air quality has improved.
The Clean Air Act is being credited for the increase in air quality.
Jim Harrington is the field organizer for the American Lung Association of Michigan. He said the State of the Air 2013 report shows a decrease in Michigan's dust-like debris called particle pollution.
"They get into your lungs, they go into your blood, and they create damage to your blood vessels, which creates more heart disease and more heart attacks in places that have particulate matter, this pollution. So this reduction is a big deal as far as mortality and health of Michigan." Harrington said.
Harrington said increased ozone pollution also affects asthma and COPD patients.