Communities near facilities that produce hazardous air pollutants are lacking information about the pollutants in their area. A rule that would have expanded monitoring was recently withdrawn. Further details about this issue are available from Human Rights Watch. The organization has information about the effects of this decision on local communities. In the US, some communities were expecting to gain more knowledge about the air pollutants they are exposed to, but this is no longer the case.
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US Communities Face Broken Promises on Air Pollution Monitoring
Communities near facilities that produce hazardous air pollutants are lacking information about the pollutants in their area. A rule that would have expanded monitoring was recently withdrawn. Further