Air quality

David Cwiertny, William D. Ashton Professor of Civil Engineering and director of CHEEC, speaks at a press conference next to Larry Weber and Sharon Krause. He said community education and engagement are important parts of the Iowa INSIGHT program.

Natalie Dunlap

Iowa Public Radio

Health

University of Iowa researchers launch project on how environmental exposures affect human health

Natalie Krebs

The Iowa Integrated Network for Science, Information, and Geospatial Health Tracking, or INSIGHT, will examine how factors like PFAS and nitrate affect Iowans' health

New EPA regulations aim to curb cancer-causing air pollution

Ben Kieffer, Dani Gehr

Some of the Midwest's coal-burning power plants emit the highest rates of pollution in the country.

Crysta Henthorne

KCUR

Environment

Midwest coal-fired power plants are among the country’s worst polluters, but they don’t break EPA rules

Kavahn Mansouri

Environment

Midwesterners Are Breathing Smoky Air From California Wildfires, New Research Shows

Steve Vockrodt, Daniel Wheaton

Health and meteorology experts say the growing presence of wildfire smoke in the Midwest, including in Iowa, could pose health risks to those who breathe it in. That concern is compounded, given the likelihood that vast and intense fires from California and surrounding areas will persist.
Iowa News

Invisible Air: Regulating Iowa's Air Quality

The EPA sets regulations for 6 sources of air pollution, but there are hundreds of pollutants known to the EPA that go unregulated.Today we continue our…