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An Air Quality Advisory is in effect across most of Southeast Michigan for July 4th, including Livingston, Washtenaw, Lenawee ...
In addition, Detroit is currently ranked No. 25 on IQAir's list of cities in the world with the worst air quality. Two other cities in the United States are also ranked among the top 50 cities for ...
Three U.S. cities ranked among the top 10 for worst air quality in the world Tuesday morning as smoke from Canada fires hit Chicago and the Midwest.
It’s the Fourth of July — when fine particulates fill the air. The impact fireworks can have on air quality can be quite striking and seemingly outsized given their relatively small explosive force.
Air quality is determined by the number of pollutants in the sky; the main culprit in Detroit is the PM2.5 pollutant, a fine particulate matter that causes the sky to look hazy and reduces visibility.
DETROIT – Air quality in the Metro Detroit area was even worse on Wednesday than it was on Tuesday, ranking as second-worst in the world, as of Wednesday morning.
Detroit's poor air quality: What the smog does inside your body. Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press. Fri, June 30, 2023 at 6:09 PM UTC. 5 min read.
What about Detroiters who already have respiratory illnesses? Between 2017 and 2019, 16.2% of Detroit adults and 14.6% of Detroit children had asthma, compared with 11.1% of Michigan adults and 8. ...
Detroit's air quality was the worst in the world among all major cities as of Friday evening, according to IQAir.Detroit had a slightly worse Air Quality Index rating than Delhi, India, and the ...
DETROIT (WXYZ) — Detroit firefighters responded to a massive industrial fire on the city's east side Monday morning. The fire ...
The air quality rankings frequently fluctuate, changing minute-by-minute, and use a 0-500, color-coded scale. Air quality index values between 151 and 200 — which is where Detroit has been ...
Most of West Michigan will be under an air quality advisory Tuesday, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and ...