The Houston Health Department said it will use part of the nearly $500,000 in funds to add more air monitors in three vulnerable neighborhoods.
said it will use part of the nearly $500,000 in funds to add more air monitors in three vulnerable neighborhoods.
The new air monitors will target four hazardous air pollutants, including 1,3-butadiene, benzene, formaldehyde, and ethylene oxide. Hopkins said HHD's new program will be conducted in partnership with several community agencies, such as Air Alliance Houston. Its outreach coordinator, Diamond Pham, applauded the grant award from the EPA as someone who's lived in the Park Place neighborhood her entire life.
"It's difficult when you have an industry blaring in the middle of the day, and you're coughing. It's just not a good, healthy environment. Living, playing, and just trying to thrive in this area has always been a challenge for him," Gutierrez said.
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