As someone who has traveled extensively in the United States, and as someone who has asthma, of course I am sensitive to any efforts to have clean air. However, the EPA and the American Lung Association are politicized organizations that “bend” the truth to achieve their ends.
Below is a partial list of where air monitors are placed, which is actually humorous (excluding Steubenville/Weirton). Tremendous improvements have been made over the last decades to improve our air. Why not be truthful about it? Because they want industry shut down.
Here’s a more detailed look at some of the monitoring locations (www.alleghenycounty.us/ Services/Health- Department/Air-Quality/Monitored-Data) in industrial areas and fracking activity:
Clairton: Monitors are positioned around the USS Clairton coke works to detect air emissions.
Liberty: This monitor detects significant levels of PM 2.5, PM10, SO2 and benzene.
Elizabeth: Monitors were placed around fracked well pads of EQT and Olympus Energy.
Frazer: Monitoring took place around the Gulick, Schiller and Bakerstown well pads.
Plum: Three monitors were placed to assess potential impacts from a proposed wastewater disposal well, including truck traffic.
Stowe and McKees Rocks: Monitoring occurred in these areas due to the location of the McKees Rocks Industrial Enterprise (MRIE).
Air toxics studies:
Swissvale: A monitor was placed on private property near the Kopp Glass facility to assess air toxics, according to the Allegheny County Health Department .
Lawrenceville: A study focused on toxic metals in this area.
Neville Island: An air toxics study was conducted in this area, according to Allegheny County.
Peter A. Mamula
Venetia