US Air Monitors Routinely Miss Pollution – Even Refinery Explosions

Reuters released an investigative report disclosing how inadequate and misleading the EPA’s monitoring network has been. The government network identified no risks from 10 of the biggest refinery explosions over the past decade, the Reuters review of EPA data shows, even as thousands of people were hospitalized and the refineries reported toxic emissions to regulators.

Read this coverage from Yahoo News:

When explosions ripped through a Philadelphia oil refinery last year, the shock waves knocked Felicia Menna’s front door frame out of place. Then came the black smoke.

“My throat was closing shut,” recalled Menna, who lives about a mile away. “My nostrils felt like they were on fire.”

The government network of 3,900 monitoring devices nationwide has routinely missed major toxic releases and day-to-day pollution dangers, the data show.

https://news.yahoo.com/special-report-u-air-monitors-121232759.html