Submitted by lightningbolt1987 t3_114o1iv in providence
I’ve been living in Fox Point and often smell fumes in the air. When I look at the air quality map I see the air quality in the neighborhood is regularly terrible: like worse than New York and LA, and “hazardous” level.
Yet, my neighbors don’t know anything about it and I can’t find anything online about it. I assume it’s from the same chemical storage units in ProvPort with which Washington Park residents are concerned and the winds blow it north and it hits the hill.
Why isn’t this a bigger issue? This seems like class action lawsuit stuff if asthma-inducing or carcinogenic chemicals are in the air. Anyone have any resources about this issue?
downpat t1_j8xi7rd wrote
You’re facing two major highways and a petroleum port right down there - makes sense that the air is horrible…