Air Quality Awareness Week, May 2-6, 2022
Download “20 Ways YOU Can Clean the Air” Checklist to learn how YOU help reduce air pollution locally in your community.
Visit AirNow.gov for a one-stop source for air quality data and AQAW 2022 resources: https://www.airnow.gov/aqaw/.
May 2 – 6, 2022, is Air Quality Awareness Week. This year’s theme is “Be Air Aware & Prepared!”. The most common air pollutants in our region, ozone, sometimes called smog, and particle pollution, pose health risks for many residents each year. Each day during the week a news release and a social media post will feature a topic for you to learn more about air quality. Read more. Print full press release.
Links to Daily Press Releases to learn about each focus:
5/2, Monday – Wildfires & Smoke
5/3, Tuesday – Asthma & Your Health
5/4, Wednesday – Citizen Science & Sensors
5/5, Thursday – Environmental Justice & Air Quality
5/6, Friday – Air Quality Around the World
5/10, Air Quality Awareness Continues
Video: Environmental Justice and Air Quality in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties