As the planes fly overhead in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood, they are a constant reminder of the impact air pollution can cause to someone’s health.
A look at the Seattle skyline and Space Needle through the smoke due to the wildfires on Aug. 20, 2023. As the planes fly overhead in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood, they are a constant reminder of the impact air pollution can have on someone’s health.most polluted in the country.
Earlier in the week, Gov. Jay Inslee was in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood. Inslee was shown new devices that will record data on pollutants you can breathe in and that cause health issues like vehicle exhaust and wildfire smoke.But while Deric Gruen, with the state-wide climate coalition Front and Centered, said it is an important step, it's not going to solve issues now.
Washington Department of Ecology officials said, “Starting this year, we will be producing biennial reports on each community, so every two years. The data we collect will be shared online, where all community members can access it.”Ecology officials went on to say, “Reducing air pollution in the areas we’ve identified as overburdened across Washington will happen in stages over multiple years.
Gruen went on to say about the air quality devices, "We don’t want to have the experience where, ‘Oh, we're doing this here. Let's wait and see how it plays out.’ We want to see both things happen at once."
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