Shelby Co. Health Department questions integrity of community air monitoring report data

By: Cassandra Stephenson

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: June 23, 2026

Words: 1,218

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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The Shelby County Health Department has raised questions about the integrity of data behind a May community air monitoring project report that indicated that South Memphis residents are being regularly exposed to unhealthy air pollution.

In a statement to the Lookout, the health department wrote that the monitors used by the project are not approved by the Environmental Protection Agency for regulatory purposes, and can have a high sampling error depending on weather …

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