Air Pollution

  • Who and what are the top polluters in your zip code?
    • Top polluter: Motorola 
    • What?: Ammonia and Soot 
  • What percent of the homes in your zipcode have lead-based paint?
    • 1%
  • Are there Superfund sites in your zip?  (In your BLOG, make sure to tell us what a Superfund Site is)
    • A Superfund site is any land within the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste or material. The land has been identified by the EPA as a candidate for cleanup because it poses a risk to human health and/or the environment. According to the site, in 2004, this county ranked among the cleanest/best 10% of all counties in the U.S. in terms of the number of designated Superfund sites.
  • What can you tell us about the Superfund sites that are near where you live?
    • There are none near my house. 
  • What did you learn about the air quality in your zipcode?
    • Travis County ranked among the dirtiest/worst 10% of all counties in the U.S. in terms of pm-2.5 emissions in 1999.  
  • How about the water quality?
    • The water quality is good. There are only 8% of the states reported problems in Texas. 
  • How did your zipcode fair on a social justice / environmental justice basis?
    • As stated in my previous blogs, there is a large social justice issue in Travis County. This has to do with the cities racially charged laws. 

Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 13, 2018 at 10:58 PM

    Were you surprised by this report? Was it expected? I'm curious why ammonia would be a top polluter. Cool thanks for sharing.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2018 at 9:57 PM

    Good to know that there are no superfund sites near your house. Were you able to locate where the nearest one is? Is it in a different city? Different state?

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