Making Insights Accessible
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In 2010, 1 in 35 deaths in the U.S. were attributed to illness caused by air pollution. Since 1990, air pollution has been identified by standard bearer agencies in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a real health issue to be understood and addressed. The EPA compiles an exhaustive list of pollutant emissions throughout the United States every three years in the National Emissions Inventory Report (NEI). This NEI data collected from 2014 has been made available to civilians in publicly hosted access tables and a summary report, but the mode of dessemination lacks visibility and usability for the average American.
We want this to change.
We hope that our project increases the American populace's awareness of the dangers of air pollution in their home, their neighborhood and throughout the rest of the country. It's become increasingly apparent that there are not a couple of pollutants that are contributing to our decreasing air quality, but hundreds, and it's up to us to stop it.