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Gold Star Metals on Dockal Street in the Settegast neighborhood of East Houston on Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Houston. The area is home to a regulatory (TCEQ) air monitor with the worst readings in the city for fine particulate pollution, called PM 2.5.

For three years, air monitors in the Houston neighborhood of Settegast have shown some of the highest average readings in Texas for particulate matter, which brings increased risk of asthma, heart attacks and cancer.

But it’s not just Settegast.

Residents in rapidly growing suburbs like those in Fort Bend County are seeing poor air-quality readings.

Why aren't officials doing more to keep Houston's air clean?

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Flare and black smoke are seen from a chemical plant from Texas Highway 225 Thursday, March 21, 2024 in Deer Park.

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