Air Pollution

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Detroit, MI & Surrounding Area

In Wayne County, which includes Detroit, the levels of air toxics are 257 times EPA’s safe* level of carcinogens in air.








*The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has developed benchmarks for "safe" concentrations of toxics in air, levels at which one person in one million is at risk of developing cancer. Key represents the risk factor for a combination of 31 toxics as a multiple of EPA's safe level (e.g. darkest shade indicates levels more than 400 times EPA's safe concentrations). See the chart in the introduction for a list of the 31 toxics.



Michigan Counties








*The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has developed benchmarks for "safe" concentrations of toxics in air, levels at which one person in one million is at risk of developing cancer. Key represents the risk factor for a combination of 31 toxics as a multiple of EPA's safe level (e.g. darkest shade indicates levels more than 400 times EPA's safe concentrations). See the chart in the introduction for a list of the 31 toxics.

All information is from http://www.nrdc.org



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