Smoke pollution from a local hazard reduction fire

Saturday morning after the hazard reduction burn. The smoke was choking, PM2.5 levels were close to 1000 µg/m3 for 4hrs

After last years terrible fire season I got interested in particulate matter air pollution from smoke and other sources and It’s effect on health. Inspired by this post I ended up buying some parts so that I could put together my own PM2.5 and PM10 detector. There are plenty of ready made detectors you can buy but I figured if I made my own I’d be able to customise it and add functionality that you’d normally have to pay a premium for. It’s also a lot of fun to build these projects and learn along the way!