New York City Rolls Out Comprehensive Air Quality Monitoring Program
Thanks to a new program, New Yorkers will now have yet another way to compare the relative prestige of where they live within the city: air quality. The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene recently initiated what will be the city’s most comprehensive air quality monitoring effort to date.
Rather than monitor air quality from the tops of buildings as the state’s Department of Environmental Quality has done for some time at 25 locations, the new “NYC Community Air Survey” program has placed 150 monitoring units at street level.
“Municipalities around the world are working to make electronics manufacturers responsible for cleaning up their own e-toxic mess, including New York City. In fact, on January 14, there will be a hearing in the City Council Chambers about a bill that would require manufacturers of electronics sold within the City to take responsibility for the ‘end-of-life management’ of their products.”
