UPDATED: ACHD Announces Monitoring Failure Led to H2S & Sulfur Dioxide Data Removal; GASP Seeking Further Info
UPDATE: ACHD monitoring staff got back to GASP Wednesday afternoon with an update. The department said that multiple municipalities via...
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May 83 min read
GASP to Health Officials: Residents Deserve Answers on Mounting Mon Valley H2S Exceedances & What’s Being Done to Stop Days-Long Stench Episodes
The time for improved communications and increased transparency around Mon Valley’s H2S issue is NOW.
May 23 min read
Join GASP, Residents & Fellow Advocates to Speak Out on Mon Valley Stench; Demand Transparency on H2S Exceedance Problem
Residents deserve answers. And we’re hoping you can join GASP, residents & advocates at the upcoming Allegheny Co. Board of Health meeting.
Jan 52 min read
UPDATED: U.S. Steel Appeals $2.2 Million Fine for Hydrogen Sulfide Exceedances
Editor's Note: U.S. Steel on Jan. 26 appealed this enforcement order. You can read the appeal document here. The Allegheny County Health...
Nov 21, 20233 min read
By the Numbers: How GASP Will Put Your Giving Tuesday Donation to Work for All of Us
We know that you’ve probably received DOZENS of emails and have seen even more social media posts from local nonprofits asking for your...
Nov 20, 20232 min read
On the 12th Day of Stench-mas My Health Department Gave to Me… The Cold Shoulder
If you live in or near the Mon Valley, you have our condolences. The stench has been TERRIBLE lately. How terrible? Today marks the 12th...
Nov 16, 20231 min read
Here We Go Again: 8 Straight Days of Stench, H2S Exceedances - GASP *Again* Calls on ACHD for Update
Mon Valley friends beware, the stench is really bad today. In addition to starting off the day with one of the worst NowCast AQIs in the...
Nov 6, 20232 min read
Mon Valley Sees 5 Straight Days of H2S Exceedances & Stench; ACHD Remains Mum on Fix
It was a gorgeous weekend in Pittsburgh. There were blue skies, unseasonably warm temperatures, and plenty of sunshine. In the Mon...
Oct 26, 20234 min read
Stench Returns Despite Enforcement Efforts; GASP Again Calls on ACHD for Answers, Transparency
If you stepped outside this week in the Mon Valley, took a deep breath, and promptly asked yourself, “What is that STENCH?” we’ve...
Aug 24, 20232 min read
More H2S Exceedances in Mon Valley Beg Question: Why the Sharp Rise at N. Braddock Despite ET Deal?
If you’ve noticed a distinctive stank in and around the Mon Valley over the past week, Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) air...
Mar 16, 20233 min read
GASP Joins U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, Officials & Advocates to Laud Air Quality Monitoring Investments
GASP was honored to join U.S. Rep. Summer Lee and fellow environmental and public health advocates for a press conference to celebrate...
Mar 14, 20233 min read
Health Department Launches H2S Dashboard Following Recent Calls from GASP to Ramp Up Transparency
Allegheny County Health Department on Tuesday announced it has launched a new dashboard dedicated to tracking hydrogen sulfide - a move...
Feb 20, 20232 min read
Rotten Egg Stench & Poor Air Quality Return to Mon Valley
Local residents took to CMU CREATE Lab’s Smell PGH app Monday morning to sound off about poor air quality and its associated stench,...
Nov 2, 20222 min read
GASP to Board of Health: Time to Review & Adjust Mon Valley Episode Rule, Take Action on H2S is NOW
GASP joined residents and fellow advocates Wednesday to tell the Allegheny County Board of Health that October’s abysmal air quality is...
Oct 14, 20222 min read
How Bad has Air Quality Been? H2S Was Below PA Standard For Only 3 Hours This Week
GASP crunched the numbers and can tell you definitively that in the Mon Valley (and downwind of it) the stench has been UNRELENTING this...
Oct 12, 20223 min read
Mon Valley Air Pollution Exceeded National Health Standard Tuesday, Stench Continues While ACHD Mum
UPDATE: Stench and elevated concentrations of H2S persisted Thursday at the Liberty air quality monitor. Another exceedance of...
Oct 6, 20223 min read
UPDATE: PA’s 1-Hr H2S Standard Exceeded in Mon Valley for 1st Time Since ‘15; GASP Demands Answers
Editor's Note Update #2: The Allegheny County Health Department issued a follow-up public alert regarding hydrogen sulfide levels at the...
Nov 22, 20212 min read
Weekend Sees Yet Another H2S Exceedance for Mon Valley
This marks the 46th day of 2021 when H2S exceeded that standard at the Liberty monitor.
Nov 18, 20212 min read
Abysmal Air Quality Returns to Mon Valley as Three More H2S Exceedances Noted
There have been 45 such exceedances at the Liberty monitor and 17 more at North Braddock.
Nov 8, 20211 min read
<UPDATED> Abysmal Air Quality Continues in the Mon Valley
For the third day in a row, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) levels were so high Tuesday that an exceedance of PA's 24-hour average was guaranteed.
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