How Colorado is regulating 5 ‘air toxics’ in vulnerable neighborhoods

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How Colorado is regulating 5 ‘air toxics’ in vulnerable neighborhoods

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. 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 pollutants that cause cancer or other major health problems, called “air toxics.” For the first time, the state is d…