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US EPA to conduct air monitoring in Kansas
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will place air monitors in Treece, Kan., in September to test for lead and other metals. This action is a direct response to citizen concerns about air quality shared during a recent tour and listening session held at Treece City Hall. The monitors will be used to sample for lead and other heavy metals. The samples from each monitor will be evaluated ...
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ADEQ Posts Air Quality Monitoring From Mayflower Site Online
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is posting air quality monitoring data from the site of the March 29 ExxonMobil pipeline spill in Mayflower on the agency’s public website. Continuous air quality monitoring is being conducted by both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and ExxonMobil. The air monitoring data from both EPA and ExxonMobil have been reviewed by the ...
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Air monitoring revisions would ensure people are protected
EPA proposes to retain national air quality standards for carbon monoxide. After a careful review of the best available science, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to keep the current national air quality standards for carbon monoxide (CO), while taking steps to gather additional data through more focused monitoring. The science shows that the current standards will ...
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Call for Papers on Air Quality and Emissions Monitoring
The technical committee of AQE 2024 is pleased to announce that papers and technical presentations are now being accepted. The UK’s largest exhibition and conference dedicated to air monitoring, AQE 2024 will take place on 9th & 10th October at the NEC in Birmingham. The goal of AQE has always been to encourage informative and active discussions on the technical, regulatory and ...
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EPA: Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood does not meet new air standard for lead
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed approval of the Illinois EPA’s finding that parts of Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood do not meet the new national air quality standard for lead. The decision is based on data collected from air monitors located in Pilsen. If designated as nonattainment later this year, Illinois will be required to submit a plan to EPA by June 2013 ...
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Are you compliant with new EU Air Quality Monitoring standards?
When you or your client purchases an air quality monitor or a system that includes air quality monitoring, what assurance do you have about its performance? Unlike reference instruments, there are no required air quality monitoring standards for indicative monitors (these are devices with reduced precision for more general monitoring). In addition, whilst there is no requirement for a ...
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EPA proposes to expand the lead monitoring network
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to expand the lead air quality monitoring network to ensure that the most vulnerable Americans are protected from exposure to lead. Even at low levels, exposure to lead can impair a child’s IQ, learning capabilities, memory and behavior. EPA is proposing to require air quality monitoring around sources that emit a half ton or more of lead a ...
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Air Quality Monitors in India Need Calibration
NPL has now asked the country’s central pollution watchdog, CPCB, and the pollution control boards of all states to calibrate their instruments with the standard fixed by them. Lack of calibration of pollution-measuring instruments has been hampering efforts of the country’s pollution watchdog to come out with accurate data on air pollution. When Delhi experimented with car rationing ...
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EPA: Belding, Michigan does not meet new air standards for lead
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed approval of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s finding that parts of the City of Belding (Ionia County) do not meet the new national air quality standard for lead based on data from an air monitor there. If designated as nonattainment later this year, Michigan will be required to submit a plan to EPA by June 2013 that ...
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SoCal semiconductor firm promotes air monitoring as part of U.S. EPA settlement
SAN FRANCISCO - Under the terms of a recent settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Jazz Semiconductors of Newport Beach, Calif., will initiate a project promoting awareness of hazardous waste air emissions requirements in the semiconductor industry. Jazz Semiconductors will spend at least $22,500 to sponsor educational training for the semiconductor industry as well ...
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In progress certification of in situ gas chromatographs measuring Benzene in compliance with EN 14662-3
International metrology congres, Paris - 3 - 6 october 2011 MCERTS scheme under Environment Agency and SIRA was chosen with NPL laboratory to operate the required tests. The choice criteria is almost the ISO 17025 accreditation that is the assurance of European acknowledgement. The MCERTS Scheme certifies that the CAMS (Continuous Ambient air Monitoring System) of a manufacturer complies with ...
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EPA to reconsider monitoring requirements for airborne lead
To ensure the most vulnerable Americans are adequately protected from exposure to lead from the air, EPA will reconsider some of its lead air pollution monitoring requirements, Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced. Even at low levels, lead exposures can damage a child’s IQ, learning and memory. “We have a fundamental responsibility to protect every child from environmental threats, ...
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FPI Launches the Video of the PDC-100 Portable Dynamic Calibrator
FPI launches the video of their new self-developed portable dynamic calibration PDC-100, have a look here and get the details of this calibrator in one minute, click for watching the video. PDC-100 is a portable dynamic calibrator with efficient, easy operation, robust, and mobile advantages. It integrates the internal air compressor for realizing one device complete clean zero gas generating ...
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New Yakima Valley air monitor measures particulate pollution
The Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency will begin operating a new air quality monitor to measure fine particulate matter in the Sunnyside region of the Yakima Valley. The monitor, which will gather data on particulate matter for a year, will allow regulatory agencies to develop effective strategies to protect air quality in the Yakima Valley and inform burn ban decisions. The monitor is located at ...
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Interview with Manoj Kumar - Middle East & Indian Subcontinent
What considerations are important when designing air monitoring stations for use in the Middle East and India? The climate in the Middle East and sub-continent is generally hotter and more humid. Instrument performance is affected by changes in temperature and humidity, especially carbon monoxide and ammonia analysers. Therefore, instruments working in this climate need to be installed in well ...
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EPA lists areas violating daily air pollution requirements
EPA is designating 31 areas across the country as not meeting the agency’s daily standards for fine particle air pollution (PM 2.5), or particulate matter. Particulate matter, which is emitted by power plants, factories and motor vehicles, can cause a number of serious health problems including aggravated asthma, increased hospital admissions and emergency room visits, heart attacks and ...
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Indoor Air Quality Monitoring in Boston Public Schools
Through a consortium led by our partner SGS, Ecomesure provided thousands of sensors and related data services to measure air quality in every Boston Public Schools classroom. The collected data are public and directly viewable on the SGS Live View platform. This project addresses the needs expressed by Boston Public Schools that are committed to providing healthy school environments. They have ...
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FPI Launches Its’ Highly Anticipated App on Google Play Store
To be one more step closer to customers - FPI releases its online store app, FPI Online on Google Play Store. The new FPI Online app is running now in a modern and state-of-art user interface design. The navigation is easy and it offers you access to FPI's entire product catalog as well as one-on-one interaction with experienced sales professionals to address technical problems in real-time. It ...
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EPA announces most areas meet air quality standards for lead
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that available air quality information indicates that 39 states are meeting the health-based national air quality standards for lead set in 2008. Based on 2008 to 2010 air quality monitoring data, EPA also determined that Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan and Puerto Rico each have one area that does not meet the agency’s health ...
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Certification of in situ gas chromatographs measuring Benzene in compliance with EN 14662-3 under UK MCERTS scheme
The MCERTS scheme certifies that the CAMS (Continuous Ambient Air Monitoring System) of a manufacturer complies with the performance criteria of EN 14662-part 3 (Ambient Air Quality) Standard method for the measurement of Benzene concentration (automated pumped sampling with in situ gas chromatography). Chromatotec has decided to certify two types of analyzers at the same time : - airTOXIC (PID ...
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