And that's what we have right now.

這就是我們現在的情況。

Well, that's not true.

不是這樣的

The U.

U.

S doesn't have the cleanest air.

斯沒有最乾淨的空氣。

In fact, it's far from it.

事實上，遠非如此。

A Reuters investigation found that America's air might be dirtier than you think, partly due to the broad failure of the country's air monitoring system.

路透社的調查發現，美國的空氣可能比你想象的要髒，部分原因是該國的空氣監測系統廣泛失靈。

Let's take a closer look.

我們來仔細看看。

In 2019, an oil refinery exploded in Philadelphia.

2019年，費城一家煉油廠發生爆炸。

It released £700 of hazardous chemicals on about 3 £200 of Hydrofluoric acid, which can cause fatal lung injury.

它釋放了700英鎊的危險化學品對約3英鎊200的氫氟酸，這可能會導致致命的肺部傷害。

According to residents.

據居民說。

Several dozen people sought hospital treatment, but oddly enough, Philadelphia's air quality monitors registered one of the year's cleanest dates.

幾十人去醫院治療，但奇怪的是，費城的空氣質量監測儀登記的日期是一年中最乾淨的一個。

On the day of the explosion.

在爆炸當天。

Reuters, Tim McLaughlin, inexplicably oil refinery officials and the Philadelphia Department of Health said that the explosions had no effect on the quality of air in the city.

路透社，蒂姆-麥克勞林，莫名其妙的煉油廠官員和費城衛生局表示，爆炸對該市的空氣質量沒有影響。

Nothingto worry about, but what we found is that the government's air monitoring device closest to the refinery was not even operating on the day of the explosion on this was not an isolated incident across the country.

沒什麼可擔心的，但我們發現，政府的空氣監測設備最接近煉油廠甚至沒有運行當天的爆炸，這不是一個孤立的事件在全國各地。

There are nearly 4000 air pollution devices, all run by the U.

有近4000臺空氣汙染設備，都是由美國運行的。

S air pollution monitoring network, overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency or the E P A.

S空氣汙染監測網絡，由環境保護局或E P A監督。

But a Reuters investigation found that the network routinely missed major toxic releases on day to day pollution dangers.

但路透社的調查發現，該網絡經常在日常汙染危險中漏掉主要的有毒物質釋放。

It identified no risks from 10 of the biggest refinery explosions over the past decade.

它發現過去十年中10起最大的煉油廠爆炸事件中沒有風險。

So how is this possible?

那麼這怎麼可能呢？

The U.

U.

S air pollution monitoring network is somewhat old, underfunded and too sparse to give a proper reading off the quality of air being breathed by Americans every day, according to the EPA.

S空氣汙染監測網絡是有點老，資金不足和太稀疏，給一個正確的閱讀關閉的空氣質量正在呼吸的美國人每天，根據環保局。

Many of the monitors designed to capture small particle pollution have accuracy problems.

很多為捕捉小顆粒汙染而設計的監測儀都存在精度問題。

In addition, more than 120 million Americans live in counties without monitors to track this type of pollution, academics and regulators say.

此外，學者和監管機構表示，有超過1.2億美國人生活在沒有監測器來跟蹤這種汙染的縣城。

The networks problems are many, and varied monitors are sparsely and poorly placed.

網絡問題多，各種監控器稀少，擺放不當。

The program is underfunded on the network is not equipped to meet current pollution threats.

該項目在網絡上的資金不足，無法滿足當前的汙染威脅。

But independent scientists agree on one point.

但獨立的科學家們在一點上達成一致。

The systems failures pose a serious public health risk.

系統故障對公眾健康構成嚴重威脅。

A 2013 Obama administration study detailed a number of problems within the network, but the weakness is largely remained today because neither the Obama nor the Trump Administration put up the money to invest heavily into it.

2013年奧巴馬政府的一項研究詳細說明了網絡內部的一些問題，但由於奧巴馬和特朗普政府都沒有拿出錢來對其進行大量投資，所以這一弱點至今基本沒有改變。

Community groups are setting up their own networks.

社區團體正在建立自己的網絡。

That's because they don't believe the air in their neighborhoods is as clean as what government monitors said.

那是因為他們不相信自己小區的空氣有政府監測人員說的那麼幹淨。

What we'll see in the next decade is a significant increase in monitoring done by community groups, especially in poor neighborhoods.

在未來十年，我們將看到社區團體所做的監測工作顯著增加，特別是在貧困社區。

This will likely put pressure on the EPA to bolster its own network Go.

這很可能會給環保局帶來壓力，讓其加強自己的網絡去。