Grassroots Monitoring, Helping Neighbors Track Industrial Pollution, Is Under Threat in Louisiana.

Grassroots monitoring, helping neighbors track industrial pollution, is under threat in Louisiana.

Cynthia Robertson, shown with her Nubian goats, Jewel and Dolly, Sept. 19, 2025, moved back to Sulphur nearly a decade ago to care for her aging mother. Her mom is one of many local residents who has developed a chronic illness that may be caused by air pollution. (Illan Ireland, Mississippi Free Press)SULPHUR — When Cynthia Robertson moved back to Southwest Louisiana nearly a decade ago to care for her aging mother, she worried she’d be putting…

Grassroots Air Monitoring That Helps People Track Pollution Under Threat in Louisiana

A nonprofit in Sulphur, Louisiana, has worked to monitor air quality in a town surrounded by petrochemical plants. Despite evidence of air quality issues and health problems in the community, government regulators have made it more difficult to put the data to use. The post Grassroots Air Monitoring Helps People Track Pollution In Their Own Backyards. Those Efforts Are Under Threat in Louisiana. appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.