AIR QUALITY
Hamtramck and Detroit, MI: Near-Eastside
Air Quality Information
Odors Affect Our Quality of Life and Health: Michigan Law R336.1901
Industrial Facility Emissions and Discharges
- Odors R 336.1901 "Operation of this equipment shall not result in the emission of an air contaminant which causes injurious effects to human health or safety, animal life, plant life of significant economic value, or property, or which causes unreasonable interference with the comfortable of life enjoyment and property."
- Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
- Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP)
- Toxic Air Contaminants (TAC)
- Greenhouse Gases (GHG)
- Asbestos, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB), PFAS
- Asphalt, tar or pitch
Our Air Quality Workshops
photo by Nick Hagen, Planet Detroit
Hamtramck High School students learn about air quality and DIY home air filters from ROSIE KAHN, practicum intern for the COALITION. PLANET DETROIT ARTICLE: 3/23
US Ecology Detroit South
US ECOLOGY SOUTH (EQ DETROIT)
1923 FREDERICK STREET, DETROIT, MI 48211
1923 FREDERICK STREET, DETROIT, MI 48211
Odor Violations
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CLEAN AIR REPORT AND VIDEO LINKS on CUMULATIVE IMPACTS featuring Coalition Member MARK COVINGTON
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PARTICULATE MATTER AND YOUR HEALTH : EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW :
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OZONE in DETROIT : ADVOCACY FOR EPA ACTION
Radon gas is a leading environmental cause of lung cancer in the U.S.
Test your home today!
Governor Whitmer has declared January to be Radon Action Month to encourage people to learn more about the environmental hazard and to test their homes during the heating season. Radon is an odorless, tasteless, colorless radioactive gas which occurs naturally in minute quantities and seeps up through the earth and into the air we breathe.
Radon comes from the radioactive decay (breakdown) of radium and uranium in the earth. It enters homes through openings in the foundation floor or walls; wherever the foundation is in contact with the soil. These openings can include sump crocks, crawlspaces, space around plumbing or wiring, floor/wall joints, cracks, or hollow block walls.
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer overall and is the leading cause in non-smokers. The EPA estimates that as many as 21,000 lung cancer deaths a year are caused by radon. There is no "safe" radon level. As a general rule; the higher the radon level and the longer the exposure, the greater the health risk. The only way to know whether your home has elevated radon levels is to test for it. Radon levels can vary significantly from home to home, so a neighbor's test results cannot be used to determine whether your home has a problem. Your home must be tested. Home testing is easy, inexpensive and the only way to know if a home has a radon problem, and high radon concentrations can be mitigated Testing is best done in the winter months, when windows and doors are kept closed. Test kits are available at local hardware stores or at no charge to Wayne County residents. (One test kit per household, please.)
They can be picked up at the following location: Wayne County Health, Human & Veterans Services
Health Administration Building East Wing, Environmental Health
33030 Van Born Rd.
Wayne, MI 48184
734-727-7400
Service Counter: 8:30am - 4:00pm, Closed for lunch:11:30am -12:30pm
Closed weekends and holidays.
RADON MAP FOR MI: https://egle.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=bffd4cc84b4e4825a8c05a1a555f4e6e
For more information regarding radon testing, mitigation and levels across Michigan go to: Michigan Indoor Radon Program http://www.epa.gov/radon/aboutus.html
Call 800-RADON GAS (800-723-6642) or e-mail, [email protected]
THE BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR PROJECT & THE ECOLOGY CENTER partnered to teach students how to monitor the air in Hamtramck using FLOW monitors. The FLOW monitor syncs with an app on your phone. You can walk and map the air quality as you walk. The Ecology Center is collecting the data and is creating a web site for real time air quality mapping.
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POOR AIR QUALITY causes illness like ASTHMA.
WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN has the highest number of asthma hospitalizations in Michigan.
WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN has the highest number of asthma hospitalizations in Michigan.
Managing Asthma Symptoms
Helpful Material
References
[1] Wayne County Asthma Statistics. Michigan Asthma Statistics by County | Asthma Initiative of Michigan (AIM). (n.d.). Retrieved July 31, 2022, from https://getasthmahelp.org/current-michigan-county-asthma-statistics.aspx?ctyID=82
[2] American Lung Association. (2022). Wayne County. State of the Air. Retrieved July 31, 2022, from https://www.lung.org/research/sota/city-rankings/states/michigan/wayne
[3] Detroit Metro Area Communities Study. (2019). Health and Health Insurance in Detroit - University of Michigan. Detroit Survey. Retrieved August 1, 2022, from https://detroitsurvey.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Health-and-Health-Insurance-in-Detroit-2-21-20.pdf
[4] Lenhart, C. M., Wiemken, A., Hanlon, A., Perkett, M., & Patterson, F. (2017). Perceived neighborhood safety related to physical activity but not recreational screen-based sedentary behavior in adolescents. BMC Public Health, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4756-z
[1] Wayne County Asthma Statistics. Michigan Asthma Statistics by County | Asthma Initiative of Michigan (AIM). (n.d.). Retrieved July 31, 2022, from https://getasthmahelp.org/current-michigan-county-asthma-statistics.aspx?ctyID=82
[2] American Lung Association. (2022). Wayne County. State of the Air. Retrieved July 31, 2022, from https://www.lung.org/research/sota/city-rankings/states/michigan/wayne
[3] Detroit Metro Area Communities Study. (2019). Health and Health Insurance in Detroit - University of Michigan. Detroit Survey. Retrieved August 1, 2022, from https://detroitsurvey.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Health-and-Health-Insurance-in-Detroit-2-21-20.pdf
[4] Lenhart, C. M., Wiemken, A., Hanlon, A., Perkett, M., & Patterson, F. (2017). Perceived neighborhood safety related to physical activity but not recreational screen-based sedentary behavior in adolescents. BMC Public Health, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4756-z
HBCD flame retardant can go into ANY LANDFILL in Michigan...
a law that needs to be changed.
"Hexabromocyclododecane, or HBCD, is a toxic chemical that has been banned by more than 180 countries, but remains almost wholly unregulated in the United States.
In the process of treating HBCD waste received from other sources in 2019, EQ Detroit (US ECOLOGY SOUTH) emitted 1,241 pounds of HBCD into the air around the facility. This was by far the largest known amount of HBCD released to air in 2019."
quote from: Disposal of HBCD in Southeast Michigan
Prepared by Earthjustice, October 2020
a law that needs to be changed.
"Hexabromocyclododecane, or HBCD, is a toxic chemical that has been banned by more than 180 countries, but remains almost wholly unregulated in the United States.
In the process of treating HBCD waste received from other sources in 2019, EQ Detroit (US ECOLOGY SOUTH) emitted 1,241 pounds of HBCD into the air around the facility. This was by far the largest known amount of HBCD released to air in 2019."
quote from: Disposal of HBCD in Southeast Michigan
Prepared by Earthjustice, October 2020
To learn more about improving our AIR QUALITY, check out the Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments (C.A.P.H.E) PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN