Air Quality
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has designated Monday, Jul. 17 as another Air Pollution Action Day because of smoke from Canadian wildfires. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Chicago Sun-Times
Air Quality
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has designated Monday, Jul. 17 as another Air Pollution Action Day because of smoke from Canadian wildfires. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Chicago Sun-Times

Smoke from Canadian wildfires made Chicagoland’s air quality among the worst in the world earlier this month. But Chicago already struggles with high levels of pollution and ranks among the worst polluted cities in the country, causing respiratory problems leading to higher risk of diabetes, heart problems and early death.

Reset learns about what needs to be done to promote healthier air.

GUESTS: Karen Weigert, director of Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility

Brian Urbaszewski, director of Environmental Health Programs at the Respiratory Health Association

Air Quality
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has designated Monday, Jul. 17 as another Air Pollution Action Day because of smoke from Canadian wildfires. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Chicago Sun-Times
Air Quality
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has designated Monday, Jul. 17 as another Air Pollution Action Day because of smoke from Canadian wildfires. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Chicago Sun-Times

Smoke from Canadian wildfires made Chicagoland’s air quality among the worst in the world earlier this month. But Chicago already struggles with high levels of pollution and ranks among the worst polluted cities in the country, causing respiratory problems leading to higher risk of diabetes, heart problems and early death.

Reset learns about what needs to be done to promote healthier air.

GUESTS: Karen Weigert, director of Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility

Brian Urbaszewski, director of Environmental Health Programs at the Respiratory Health Association