ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES BREAKFAST
WEDNESDAY, May 8th, 2019
7 AM Registration | 7:30-9 AM Program

Air Quality Toxicity in Phoenix and what this means for Arizona

Phil McNeely, Director, Maricopa County Air Quality Department 

Ozone pollution in Maricopa County recently received an “F” rating from the American Lung Association. The health organization released its 20^th annual “State of the Air” report and ranked Phoenix as the 7^th most ozone-polluted metropolitan area in the nation.  While in the long term the Phoenix area has been improving, the region is recording higher spikes in pollution with a higher average of unhealthy days in ozone and particle pollution between 2015 and 2017. Phil McNeely, the Director of the Maricopa County Air Quality Department, a regulatory agency whose goal is to ensure clean air standards are achieved in Maricopa County will discuss how this affects the metropolitan area going forward and outreach initiatives that you can apply to reduce your carbon footprint.