For the last three years, an air control monitor maintained by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has detected some of the state’s dirtiest air in Settegast, a northeast Houston neighborhood.
The monitor shows high levels of an air pollutant known as PM2.5, an extremely tiny particle that can lodge itself deep within the lungs.
Rebekah Ward, climate an environment reporter for the Houston Chronicle, spoke to Texas Standard about how the air effects the residents of Settegast. Listen to the interview above or read the transcript below…