air pollution

Semitrucks roar down Lonyo at all hours, barreling between I-94 and a sprawling complex of truck yards that sandwich this neighborhood. The trucks could take a slightly longer route to the freeway but they don’t because they don’t have to.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is moving to roll back rules on greenhouse gases and exempt oil refineries, chemical manufacturers and others from clean air regulations.

Grassroots organizations in Detroit are working together to reduce trucks driving in residential neighborhoods. The project is using computer visualizations to calculate how many trucks drive down residential roads.

State meteorology specialists have issued an air quality advisory for sensitive groups due to particulate matter moving in to Michigan Friday night from Canadian wildfires.

Indoor air quality can be directly affected by pollutants that originated outside, on top of the numerous air pollutants that original inside.

A University of Michigan study looked at data from more than 25,000 participants to see if long term exposure to air pollution had effects on elderly people's health. It found even those without chronic diseases from air pollution needed assistance from family or professionals for everyday living.

One hundred stationary air quality monitors are now operational, measuring pollutants like particulate matter, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide in real time, officials say.

The U.S. EPA strengthened its soot air quality standard from 12 micrograms per liter to 9 micrograms. Members of the Great Lakes Business Network are happy with the rule.

With a severe Canadian fire season piled on top of everyday ambient hazards in the metro Detroit area, it's been a distinctly bad summer for the area’s air quality.

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