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Showing posts with label air quality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label air quality. Show all posts
Friday, October 18, 2013

Measure air pollution in your home or backyard with a DustDuino

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This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) took a major step by announcing that air pollution is carcinogenic to humans. WHO also a...
Thursday, September 5, 2013

Understanding air pollution with a simple dust sensor

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Outdoor air pollution, in the most extreme cases, can be immediately identified even without any special training. It casts a haze over c...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Hot spots linger during Hoopeston tire fire cleanup, FOIA filed

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Firefighters attempt to extinguish the tire fire at J&R Used Tire Service in Hoopeston, Ill., on June 19. Photo by Dan Johnson . Sta...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Michigan also faces cutbacks in air quality monitoring, risks violating federal requirments

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Illinois isn't the only state facing cutbacks in environmental monitoring due to state and federal budgets. In its annual plan to mo...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Witness to Hoopeston tire fire calls experience "bizarre" (photos)

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Last week, I wrote about a massive tire fire that burned in the small town of Hoopeston, Ill . In my post, I argued that citizen-based s...
Monday, July 15, 2013

Illinois EPA looking to cut back on air monitoring

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Facing the prospect of budget cuts, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has drafted plans to reduce the number of air quality sen...
Thursday, September 1, 2011

Visualization - Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood struggles with pollution

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The Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago faces unique challenges in terms of environment and health. It retains some of its manufacturing base fr...