{"id":842483,"date":"2026-09-10T03:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T03:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/842483\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T03:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T03:28:09","slug":"air-quality-in-portland-south-portland-leaves-some-residents-exposed-to-toxins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/842483\/","title":{"rendered":"Air quality in Portland, South Portland leaves some residents exposed to toxins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOUTH PORTLAND (WGME) &#8212; The air quality in South Portland and Portland is leaving some residents exposed to toxin levels that are exceeding Maine\u2019s air guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s no need to panic.<\/p>\n<p>According to its latest report, the Maine CDC says residents&#8217; exposure to the current concentration of the toxins acrolein and benzene is unlikely to cause lasting health effects.<\/p>\n<p>This air quality is similar to other Maine communities as well, like Bangor, Lewiston and Rumford.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes after South Portland residents raised concerns over Citgo&#8217;s petroleum tanks\u2019 impact on the air quality.<\/p>\n<p>The tanks are located just off the Casco Bay Bridge and release small amounts of fuel vapors during transfers.<\/p>\n<p>State officials will hold a public meeting at the South Portland High School next month to discuss the report and answer questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTH PORTLAND (WGME) &#8212; The air quality in South Portland and Portland is leaving some residents exposed to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":842484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-842483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/842484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}