Do-It-Yourself Air Quality Monitoring
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
9 am to 3 pm
Vesey & Church Streets, Manhattan, near church graveyard
WHAT: PM 2.5 air monitoring
WHO: John Culpepper of Lower Washington Heights Neighborhood Association
WHERE: Vesey & Church Streets, Manhattan near church graveyard.
WHEN: Wed. 19 July 2006, 9 am to 3 pm
PM
2.5 is particulate matter 2.5 microns or smaller, the fine soot that is
so devastating to human health, the particles so small that they lodge
deep in your lungs, which have difficulty removing them.
No reading if it is raining – the rain washes out the particles.
You are welcome to come and see how this is done.
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