Hampton Roads doing the right things for air quality [Video]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Take a deep breath Hampton Roads, overall our air quality is pretty good.

It’s report card week. The American Lung Association released its State of the Air report and you could say Hampton Roads has made the honor roll.

“You guys are doing really well when compared to the rest of Virginia and especially when you’re looking at DC and Maryland as well,” said Dr. Amit “Bobby” Mahajan, a spokesperson for the American Lung Association and Medical Director, Inova Interventional Pulmonology and Complex Airway Disease Program.

The American Lung Association ranked Hampton Roads among the cleanest cities for particle pollution but we fell off the list for a little bit of ozone and smog.

Mahajan said Hampton Roads is doing all the right things, from minimizing car emission with an increase in electric vehicle use, to companies producing less smoke.

“What we look at that you can do better and what I think …