air pollution

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.

Effects of urban air pollution, menopause disparities, and Wayne State football's new head coach.

The three-year plan for the Wayne County Community Air Quality Project calls for installing 100 new stationary air monitors at strategic points throughout the county. The county will supplement that with 500 mobile monitors given to vulnerable residents, including children, who can clip them on their backpacks.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will provide air purifiers for schools in need.

Stellantis' Mack Avenue automobile plant continues to receive citations from EGLE due to foul odor emissions. Listen to today's pod to hear how the pollution is affecting neighboring residents.

In May, the EPA found that a seven-county region in southeast Michigan had officially come into attainment with federal ozone standards. But they were only able to do that after discounting some data from Detroit in August 2022. The Sierra Club is disputing both findings.