Indianapolis earns ‘F’ in new air quality report [Video]

“Everyone inside 465 and the other highways – they are bringing in all of that highway exhaust,” said Tiffany Nichols, advocacy director for the Indiana Chapter of the American Lung Association. “Many, many, many vehicles like diesel trucks pass through every day, leaving behind that very unhealthy exhaust. And we aren’t necessarily ready to deal with it in Indiana from a legislative standpoint.”

Those vehicles bring particle pollution, where Indiana gets an “F” from the American Lung Association.

Despite what you may think, particle pollution is invisible. At least until it’s at the levels we saw during the Canadian wildfires in 2023, when city parks were closing to encourage people to stay indoors. That’s something Nichols says you should do on high-pollution days, even when it isn’t that dramatic.

“If it’s a day that there’s high-particle …