Community air monitoring project finds South Memphis is regularly exposed to unsafe air pollution

By: Cassandra Stephenson

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: May 29, 2026

Words: 1,028

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Residents of South Memphis neighborhoods are being regularly exposed to air pollution levels that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards for public health, according to a community air monitoring project report released May 21.

This is the latest development in the majority-Black community’s continuing fight for stricter pollution limits and enforcement in the increasingly industrialized area that is now home to a refinery, manufacturing facilities, power plants and xAI’s Colossus data center and …

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