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Colorado is tackling air pollution in vulnerable neighborhoods by regulating five air toxics

  • Colorado is developing state-level air toxic health standards for five priority chemicals: benzene, ethylene oxide, formaldehyde, hexavalent chromium compounds, and hydrogen sulfide.
  • The standards aim to protect vulnerable communities, particularly those near high pollution sources like highways and oil refineries.
  • At public hearings, community groups highlighted the health impacts of air toxics, with Logan Harper emphasizing the asthma struggles of a young patient.
  • Colorado plans to improve air quality monitoring by employing six new air quality monitors for the identified air toxics.
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Colorado is tackling air pollution in vulnerable neighborhoods by regulating 5 air toxics

The Suncor Refinery in Commerce City, Colo., is a known air polluter. RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesThe Globeville, Elyria-Swansea and Commerce City communities in metro Denver are choked by air pollution from nearby highways, an oil refinery and a Superfund site. While these neighborhoods have long suffered from air pollution, they’re not the only ones in Colorado. Now, Colorado is taking a major step to protect people from air po…

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Colorado is tackling air pollution in vulnerable neighborhoods by regulating five air toxics

The Globeville, Elyria-Swansea and Commerce City communities in metro Denver are choked by air pollution from nearby highways, an oil refinery and a Superfund site.

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Regulating five priority ‘air toxics’ to tackle air pollution

The Globeville, Elyria-Swansea and Commerce City communities in metro Denver, Colorado are choked by air pollution from nearby highways, an oil refinery and a Superfund site. While these neighborhoods have long suffered from air pollution, they’re...

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