air pollution

Poor visibility down to about 1.5 miles near the intersection of Route 22 and Route 43 near Bannockburn the morning of Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Canada Smoke: Arlington Heights, Chicago Area Air Quality Index Exceeds 200 for Suspended Particles

Tue Jun 27, 2023 12:08 pm Cardinal News

Smoke Forecast: 250+ PM2.5 Here Smoke and haze conditions worsened Tuesday, June 27, 2023 with the EPA reporting a Suspended particulate matter (SPM) or fine particles, designated PM2.5, with a diameter of 2.5 μm or […]

Vantage and Medline Facing Lawsuit Claiming Their Manufacturing Plants Release Too Much Ethylene Oxide into the Air

Fri Aug 30, 2019 11:44 am Cardinal News

Medline Claims They’re in Compliance Vantage and Medline are facing a lawsuit that claims both plants release too much of the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide into the air. Two suburban manufacturing plants are facing four […]

Chicago Tribune’s Charles Selle Decries Lack of Legal Attention to Ethlyene Oxide Emissions Compared to AB Specialty Silicones’ Explosion Effect on Environment

Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:59 pm Cardinal News

A lawsuit filed in June 2019 in Lake County Circuit Court against AB Specialty Silicones complains that the explosion and fire created air pollution and that the resulting firefighting operations resulted in chemicals and contaminated […]

Chicago Ranked 18th Most Polluted City, High Ozone Grade of F in Cook, Lake, McHenry, DuPage Counties

Sat Apr 27, 2019 10:49 am Cardinal News

A new report on air quality from the American Lung Association found that Chicago is the 18th most polluted city in the US for ozone pollution. Although Cook, Lake, McHenry and DuPage counties were graded […]

CBS 2 Investigation: Air Quality on Metra Passenger Cars Has Alarmingly High Levels of Particulate Matter Harmful to Health

Mon May 5, 2014 06:31 am Cardinal News

CBS 2 Chicago investigator Dave Savini interviews scientists measuring air quality on Metra trains and found high particulate levels. CBS 2 Chicago investigator Dave Savini and scientist from conducted two types of investigations of the […]

Air Quality Alert for Monday

Sun Jul 31, 2011 03:28 pm Cardinal News

MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL- 1041 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2011 …AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT… THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS DETERMINED THAT AN AIR POLLUTION ACTION DAY WILL BE DECLARED […]

Air Quality Alert Effective Wednesday Added to Excessive Heat Warning Effective Wednesday to Friday 4 AM

Wed Jul 20, 2011 09:08 am Cardinal News

Air Quality Alert MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER- 738 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011 …AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT… THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT […]

Chicagoland Air Quality Alert in Effect from Sunday Through Sunday Night

Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:40 am Cardinal News

Air Quality Alert ILZ005-006-012>014-020>022-INZ001-002-171700- MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER- 1150 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 …AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT… THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL […]

US Embassy Twitters on Air Pollution: Beijing, China Air Is ‘Crazy Bad’

Fri Nov 19, 2010 07:22 am Cardinal News

The pollution in Beijing was so heavy Friday that the U.S. Embassy called the air quality “crazy bad.” Twitter posts showing Air Quality Index with values in from 462 to 500. Captured about 7:00 a.m. […]

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