Multi-year construction projects such as the PAX-1 data center in Middlesex Township may worsen our area’s already poor air quality. Construction dust contains toxic air pollutants such as silica, soot (PM2.5 and PM10), nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and volatile organic compounds. This dust travels miles from a construction site and visible assessment cannot […]
On July 20, the Clean Air Board and the Clean Air Council submitted joint comments to DEP on its 2026 Air Monitoring Network Plan. The comments noted that there were no DEP monitoring stations located downwind of new data centers and requested DEP include in its plans measures to monitor for pollutants, including PM2.5, NO2, […]
PurpleAir monitors measurements this morning. The Department of Environmental Protection is issuing a STATEWIDE CODE PURPLE Air Quality Alert (AQA) for Friday for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). Wildfire smoke continues to impact Pennsylvania from Ontario, Canada and Minnesota, significantly deteriorating the air quality across Commonwealth. The flow continues from the northwest. Friday, Jul 17: 205 AQI Very Unhealthy […]
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Tomorrow’s Forecast Tuesday, Feb 17: 101 AQI Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) Tuesday’s forecast: Air quality will be unhealthy for sensitive groups of the population most of the day Tuesday, especially in the morning and again Tuesday night, with average concentrations in the code ORANGE range.
***AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY IS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY*** Current Conditions at 2 p.m. EST Monday afternoon: Despite a mostly sunny sky, temperatures are struggling in the middle 20s. Air quality remains in the good range, but fine particle pollution (PM2.5) levels will increase significantly overnight and during the day Tuesday as a strong […]
Living in areas with high concentration of air pollution is associated with increased buildup of amyloid and tau proteins in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, accelerating cognitive decline. Read more . . .
Washington Post, Sept. 18, 2025, by By Shannon Osaka, John Muyskens and Daniel Wolfe Every year, millions of Americans’ lungs are filled with wildfire smoke — smoke that stretches from the northwest tip of Washington state to the East Coast’s most populated cities. It’s blown in from thousand-acre Canadian wildfires and from blazes in the American West. That smoke […]
The Guardian, Sept. 4, 2025 by Ian Sample, Science Editor Fine-particulate air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia by triggering the formation of toxic clumps of protein that destroy nerve cells as they spread through the brain, research suggests. Read more
By Hiroko Tabuchi New York Times, July 24, 2024 Research showed truck-related releases of nitrogen dioxide, which can cause asthma, concentrated around some 150,000 warehouses nationwide. Read more …
