Marion County earns 'F' in new air quality report

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Marion County earns 'F' in new air quality report
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Hoosier Wind is located on 6,500 acres of agricultural land in Fowler.

. For people with sensitive lungs, it can cause asthma attacks. For others, it may just feel like allergies. But for some, the pollution they breathe in will end up giving them“Everyone inside 465 and the other highways – they are bringing in all of that highway exhaust,” said Tiffany Nichols, advocacy director for the Indiana Chapter of the American Lung Association. “Many, many, many vehicles like diesel trucks pass through every day, leaving behind that very unhealthy exhaust.

Despite what you may think, particle pollution is invisible. At least until it’s at the levels we saw during, when city parks were closing to encourage people to stay indoors. That’s something Nichols says you should do on high-pollution days, even when it isn’t that dramatic. Indy does somewhat better on ozone pollution. The county gets a “C” on that topic. Ozone is what you probably think of when you think of air pollution. It creates the clouds of smog you can see over cities like Los Angeles, and which you used to see here in Indianapolis. But its effects are still unpleasant.The Indianapolis skyline sees a hazy morning caused by the Canadian wildfires in the summer of 2023.And the burden isn’t shared equally.

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