CleanAirNow Installs PurpleAir Monitor at El Centro in KCK

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Hi friends, On Friday, CleanAirNow co-directors Humberto Lugo and Eric Kirkendall visited the fabulous organization El Centro in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, and had a great time installing our first PurpleAir air pollution monitor on the roof.  Thank you Dr. Kelli Mather for hosting our visit!! The PurpleAir monitor measures fine particulate matter air pollution, also …

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CleanAirNow deploys stationary AeroQual Ozone and NOX Air Monitors

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CleanAirNow (CAN) has a long history of air quality monitoring in Argentine, a neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, and will soon expand that work in collaboration with the community using new powerful air pollution monitors.   CleanAirNow was formed in 2012 as the Diesel Health Project, and in response to local concerns that Argentine was …

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Poder Comunitario Primera Linea: Silver City (“Building Community Power On The Frontlines: Silver City” Spanish Version)

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El 10 de Junio, la organización CleanAirNow presentó el Proyecto “Building Community Power on the Frontlines: Silver City”, o “Poder Comunitario Primera Linea: Silver City” (el término usado para describir comunidades al pie de la industria), a las Promotoras de salud de El Centro, una organización dedicada a proporcionar recursos a la población Hispana de …

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Building Community Power On The Frontlines: Silver City

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The federal reference air monitors currently installed in Kansas City by the Environmental Protection Agency only measure ambient air pollution, and they are several miles away from the community of Argentine. Therefore, implementing an air monitoring network will be more beneficial for gathering air quality data in the community. Though minuscule, over time 2.5 μm …

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CleanAirNow partners with KCK Housing Authority and others to mitigate air pollution in KCK

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Earlier this year, CleanAirNow, working in partnership with the Kansas City, Kansas Housing Authority, Historic Northeast-Midtown Association, Children’s Mercy Hospital Center for Environmental Health, Kansas Air Protectors, and the Kanza Group of the Kansas Sierra Club monitored air pollution and found high diesel exhaust levels at St. Margaret’s Apartments, which are immediately adjacent to where …

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