Sentences with phrase «environmental quality index»

Jagai and her colleagues used the U.S. EPA's Environmental Quality Index, a county - level measure incorporating more than 200 of these environmental variables and obtained cancer incidence rates from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program State Cancer Profiles.

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Moreover, Yale University's Environmental Performance Index shows that Canada has the second - best water - quality ranking among selected industrialized countries.

In January, Beijing made headlines when its air quality got so bad that it went beyond the very top of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Air Qualityquality got so bad that it went beyond the very top of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Air QualityQuality Index.

To determine the list of the places that emphasize green living and a healthy environment, NerdWallet looked at 150 of the largest cities in the country and found the ones that had low numbers on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Median Air Quality Index.