The American Lung Association's 2022 State of the Air report was released Thursday, looking at data from 2018 to 2020.Click the video player above to watch Ashley Zilka's report on "State of the Air."The report indicated the 12-county Pittsburgh metro area saw some improvement for some of the most harmful and widespread types of air pollution: Fine particle pollution and ozone."State of the Air:" Read the report and see how your county ranksFor the first time, Pittsburgh earned its first passing grade for the year-round average of fine particle pollution.However, the American Lung Association said the Pittsburgh metro area still ranks 14th-worst in the country for year-round fine particle pollution and 22nd-worst for short-term fine particle pollution.Matt Mehalik is the executive director of the Breathe Project. It's a collaboration of over 50 organizations working together to improve air quality in Southwestern Pennsylvania. He said he's not surprised by the report."We have legacy polluting industries. A lot of the pollution really comes from the Mon Valley heavy industrial sources, like the Clairton Coke Works, especially. That facility has numerous violations that they have received fines from our county health department 11 times over the past year," Mehalik said.Germaine Patterson has lived in Clairton for over 15 years."On a bad air quality day, sometimes, I am waking up at 3 o'clock in the morning by the stench, that could follow by a headache, it could follow by an irritated throat, and some parts of being tired, your body is tired...air quality is a God-given right and to have that right taken away or imposed upon by industry is really a sad state. Children are being affected, families are being affected, seniors are being affected," Patterson said.The Pittsburgh area improved when it comes to ozone smog, ranking as the 46th most polluted city for that factor, compared to its ranking as the 35th most polluted city for ozone smog in last year’s report.Looking at the report, Mehalik said it's critical to advocate for cleaner air. "One statistic that really sums this up is that our county is in the top 1% of counties nationwide for cancer risk from air pollution," Mehalik said.