Over 50 million Americans lack access to federal air quality data, study reveals

Over 50 million Americans lack access to federal air quality data, study reveals

More than half of US counties lack a single federally monitored station for keeping tabs on air quality, meaning more than 50 million Americans (about 15% of the population) live in “air quality monitoring deserts” that lack crucial data for protecting people from harmful pollutants, according to new research. The findings come as environmental and public health advocates grow increasingly concerned about how recent Trump administration actions …

Millions of Americans haven’t the foggiest about their air quality – research

Experts from the Penn State College of Health and Human Development found over 50 million people lived in counties with no air-quality monitoring last year. The research, which was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, outlined that rural counties, especially ones based in the Midwest and South, were worse off than others. To conduct the study, scientists analysed data from the Environmental Protection Agenc…

More than half of US counties lack air quality monitoring stations, with rural and disadvantaged areas most affected.