# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CuAxEcILrkl
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18810427-thekansascitystar-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/e1ac0d26a1.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-06-27T23:18:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

## Caption

The majority of Kansas City’s recent air pollution is produced right here in the metro from vehicle exhaust, power generation and volatile chemicals, according to a local air quality expert.

Since the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) issued the year’s first ozone alert on May 28, the metro has seen smoggy skies and a total of nine high-smog days so far — unusual for this early in the summer.

MARC air quality expert Doug Norsby told The Star that faraway Canadian wildfires are partially to blame, but the majority of the “dirty air” we’ve seen recently is produced right here in Kansas City.

“We knew (from predictable summer weather patterns) that it was going to be either above normal or high-normal,” Norsby said. “But we didn’t anticipate this much.”

Read more about the causes of KC’s poor air quality at the link in our bio.

#AirPollution #Smog #KansasCity #Environment

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airpollution, environment, smog, kansascity

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