Information about air quality monitoring and your health.
Well before Nikki Fenner joined the ROCIS Low Cost Monitoring Project, she was already aware of the air pollution problems in Southwestern Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband, two children, and their two cats. Nikki was worried about the impacts that...
Many air quality hazards aren't easy to detect by sight or smell—so how do you know if you have a problem? Low-cost air quality monitors have made it easier than ever to learn the truth about our exposure to air pollution. But just having the monitors is only half the...
by Shaina Lacap The ROCIS radon data shows that we should all be testing for radon, but testing isn’t enough.While most Americans are aware of the risks associated with smoking, the health impacts of radon often fall under the radar. Radon is the second leading cause...
Don FuglerCarbon dioxide (CO2) is everywhere. It’s in the breath you exhale, the emissions from your gas stove, and the smoke from your fireplace. Plants use it during photosynthesis to produce oxygen and sugars. Everyone knows CO2 as the “greenhouse gas” that leads...
Low-cost air monitoring is a rapidly evolving field with the acceleration of new and modified products. One monitor which performed well in a study from the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab is the PurpleAir PA-II Dual Laser Air Sensor. This laboratory analysis provided...
“Weather inversions don’t inherently stink. It’s the pollution trapped by inversions that stinks.” —Mark Dixon Smoke has been a fixture in the coal-rich inversion-prone Pittsburgh region for centuries. Only in the 1900s did community members finally come together to...