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DIY Air Cleaners and the BREATHE Project

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Air Quality Canada
Links on health effects, research and data, air pollutants, emissions inventories, sustainability indicators.
BC Air Quality Health Index
Air quality index and forecasts
BC Interactive Air Quality Map
View the latest AQHI data on a map.
BREATHE: DIY Air Cleaners
Building Resilience to Emerging Airborne Threats and Heat Events. Simon Fraser University is working with the BC Lung Foundation to host the BREATHE Project, a community-based initiative that teaches community leaders and members how to build DIY air cleaners to improve their indoor air quality.
The BREATHE Project at SFU
The BREATHE Project (Building Resilience to Emerging Airborne Threats and Heat Events) is a community-based initiative that teaches community leaders and members how to build DIY air cleaners to improve their indoor air quality.
Dr. Richard Corsi Air Quality Links
General air quality information links from Dr. Richard Corsi's website. Dr. Corsi, PhD, P.E., is Dean, College of Engineering, University of California, Davis.
FireSmoke Canada
High resolution, interactive forecasts of hourly, daily average and daily maximum concentrations of PM2.5 smoke particles at ground level from wildfires.
Running Through the Haze: How Wildfire Smoke Affects Physical Activity and Mental Well-Being
"...Air pollution is one of the leading risk factors for global death."
SFU air filter workshops protect people from dangers of wildfire smoke
"A Simon Fraser University (SFU)-led group is helping hundreds of seniors and renters in B.C. mitigate the growing health dangers of wildfire smoke and air pollution through a simple DIY-project."
UFV researcher links wildfire smoke to mental health
Luisa Giles always feels unsettled when wildfire smoke starts drifting into the Fraser Valley. She knows that the sun will be turning red, the blue sky will turn grey and soon she’ll be spending a lot more time indoors.

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DIY Air Cleaners and the BREATHE Project

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