EPA-funded air quality study seeks community input

With funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Mystic River Watershed Association has begun a three-year air quality study: Community-Led Improvement of Air Quality and Health in the Lower Mystic (CLEANAIR). The CLEANAIR project aims to monitor air quality at community-identified locations in Charlestown, East Boston, Everett and Malden – some of the most burdened communities by transportation-related air pollution and disease in Massachusetts.

The project team has launched a public survey for residents to share their perceptions of air quality and specific sites of concern in East Boston, Everett, Malden and Charlestown. Residents who live or work or attend school in those communities are invited to take this five-minute anonymous survey. The survey is available in seven languages, which can be accessed at the following links:

Arabic: https://bostonu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5by8ZThkbCDXnTg

English: https://bostonu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1HyxFMPvjnsJOZg

Haitian: https://bostonu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bBm4z0661tBFvWC

Creole: https://bostonu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9oYkjMzQr5iubk2

Portuguese: https://bostonu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9oYkjMzQr5iubk2

Simplified Chinese: https://bostonu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dbvYUeShMx4wSN0

Spanish: https://bostonu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1GGrcfiiEQ2a8su

Vietnamese: https://bostonu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8670854kywXb6yG

Your input will help guide short-term air pollution monitoring projects in your community. Please take five minutes to share your air quality concerns. If you have any questions, please email cleanaircommunityengagement@gmail.com

About the CLEANAIR Team: The Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA) works to improve the lives of the more than 600,000 residents of Mystic River communities through its efforts to protect and restore environmental health, natural habitat and open space throughout the 76 square mile watershed. MyRWA is joined in this project by a team of experts from Tufts University, the University of Michigan, Boston University, AIR Inc., STEP, Cambridge Health Alliance, Everett Community Growers, the City of Malden and the City of Everett. The CLEANAIR project is guided by a 10-member Community Advisory Board made up of representatives who live and/or work in East Boston, Everett, Malden and Charlestown. For more information on the project team, please visit mysticriver.org/cleanair.