Toxic Air Map

Toxic Air Map. Investigation Reveals Scale of South Texas' Toxic Air Pollution Problem Carcinogenic air pollution is often concentrated in communities of color At the map's intimate scale, it's possible to see up close how a massive chemical plant near a high school in Port Neches, Texas, laces the air with benzene, an aromatic gas that can cause.

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The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S. A multi-extent Interactive Map with broad scale data for the lower 48 states and fine scale data for selected communities.

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Carcinogenic air pollution is often concentrated in communities of color Many residents of areas that line riverways hosting oil refineries are unaware of the toxic emissions lurking in their backyards—that is, until health conditions associated with poisonous air begin to generate suspicion and. Plus, join an in-depth virtual tutorial on the ProPublica tool co-sponsored by the Society of

Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions Mapped for the US. Look up your home to see if you and your loved ones are living in a hot spot. Users can "zoom" to areas of interest using the map's search tool, select census blocks to see summary level information about risk from air toxics, and view other AirToxScreen data and results.

This superdetailed map shows the most toxic air in the county, down to. As explained in ProPublica's article about the first-of-its-kind map: "At the map's intimate scale, it's possible to see up close how a massive chemical plant near a high school in Port Neches, Texas, laces the air with benzene, an aromatic gas that can cause leukemia A multi-extent Interactive Map with broad scale data for the lower 48 states and fine scale data for selected communities.