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A project will get underway later this year to monitor the air quality in Springfield, Massachusetts – once dubbed the “asthma capital” of the United States.
Sensors will be placed throughout the city to measure air pollution levels and provide information in real time to help people take steps to protect themselves from exposure.
The project is being paid for by the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey with $50,000 from settlement funds paid by polluters.
I give credit to my team for thinking about creative ways to use that settlement money, Healey said.
Healey announced the project during an Earth Day event at Adams Park in Springfield’s Upper Hill neighborhood.