https://www.ingarigal.com/tags/pm2.5/ Recent content in Pm2.5 on Ingarigal Hugo en-us Sat, 10 Oct 2020 12:03:40 +0000 https://www.ingarigal.com/2020/10/10/smoke-pollution-from-a-local-hazard-reduction-fire/ Sat, 10 Oct 2020 12:03:40 +0000 https://www.ingarigal.com/2020/10/10/smoke-pollution-from-a-local-hazard-reduction-fire/ <p><img src="https://www.ingarigal.com/2020/10/10/smoke-pollution-from-a-local-hazard-reduction-fire/smoke-pollution-from-a-local-hazard-reduction-fire.jpg" alt="Man on bycycle with lots of smoke"> </p> <p>Saturday morning after the hazard reduction burn. The smoke was choking, PM2.5 levels were close to 1000 µg/m3 for 4hrs</p> <p>After last years <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-03-05/bushfire-crisis-five-big-numbers/12007716">terrible fire season</a> I got interested in particulate matter air pollution from smoke and other sources and It&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/no-safe-level-study-links-pm2-5-pollution-to-increased-risk-of-cardiac-arrest-20200128-p53v98.html">effect on health</a>. <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/monitor-air-quality-with-a-raspberry-pi/">Inspired by this post</a> 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&rsquo;d be able to customise it and add functionality that you&rsquo;d normally have to pay a premium for. It&rsquo;s also a lot of fun to build these projects and learn along the way!</p>