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EPA’s online Air Sensor Toolbox is a resource to help individuals learn how to buy and use air sensors and evaluate the data. Now, a Spanish version of the Air Sensor Toolbox is available. Learn more below.
Partnerships can advance citizen science efforts that use innovative approaches to protect communities from health risks such as air pollution. EPA is working with tribal communities to deploy air sensors in a variety of venues, including on tribal lands, to help people learn about air quality issues in their communities.
Portable and commercially available air sensors are popular air monitoring technology that is being used to learn about local outdoor air quality. EPA’s online Air Sensor Toolbox is a resource to help individuals learn how to buy and use air sensors and evaluate the data. Now, a Spanish version of the Air Sensor Toolbox is available with information and key resources to reach the Spanish-speaking population. Visit the Spanish toolbox or access it through the English version of the Air Sensor Toolbox.
Los sensores de aire portátiles y disponibles comercialmente son una tecnología popular de monitoreo de aire que está siendo utilizada para aprender acerca de la calidad del aire exterior local. La Caja de herramientas de sensores de aire de la EPA en línea es un recurso que ayuda a los individuos a aprender cómo comprar y utilizar sensores de aire y evaluar los datos. Ahora, hay una versión en español de la Caja de herramientas de sensores de aire disponible con información y recursos clave para llegar a la población hispanohablante. Visite la Caja de herramientas en español o acceda a ella mediante la versión en inglés en Air Sensor Toolbox.
Do you have creative ideas on how to use data and tools to identify environmental justice issues in communities? Join the Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students! EPA and co-sponsors launched the challenge to enhance communities’ capacity to address environmental inequities. Learn more and submit your video entry by April 1, 2022!
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Meet EPA Researcher Kaytee Canfield, Ph.D.
Dr. Kaytee Canfield works on stakeholder engagement and science communication research. Some of her work includes looking at how researchers and stakeholders perceive EPA’s approach to solutions-driven research; how to learn from climate change communication to inform better communication about nutrient pollution; and perceptions of the use and cultural impacts of harmful algal blooms on waterbodies. Read more about Kaytee's work.
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