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Jenni Shearston, Assistant Professor of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder

Colorado is tackling air pollution in vulnerable neighborhoods by regulating 5 air toxics

The Suncor Refinery in Commerce City, Colo., is a known air polluter. RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images

The Globeville, Elyria-Swansea and Commerce City communities in metro Denver are choked by air pollution from nearby highways, an oil refinery and a Superfund site.

While these neighborhoods have long suffered from air pollution, they’re not the only ones in Colorado.

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