A large national investigative reporting collaboration between NPR and the Center for Public Integrity was revealed yesterday, with detailed local and regional reporting being done by KUHF-Houston Public Radio and Austin’s KUT. We highly recommend you read and listen to their combined coverage (linked below) but a great take away we wanted to post here, is the map of national and state facilitates EPA’s “secret records” say are emitting hazardous chemicals into our air. How close is a dirty plant to you? Click the map to zoom-in.
Color-coded dots and scores of one to five are based on an EPA method of assessing potential health risk in airborne toxins. Higher numbers are linked to higher potential risks to human health. Zoom in to your neighborhood by clicking on the map.
Team Coverage:
- Poisoned Places: Toxic Air, Neglected Communities (National Public Radio)
- Many Americans left behind in the quest for cleaner air (Center for Public Integrity)
- Harris County Calls TCEQ “Offensive,” Plans to Sue Polluters (KUHF-Houston Public Radio)