CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT

By Elizabeth Bishop

Champions for a Drug-Free Grant County is collaborating with the Northern Kentucky Department on a project funded by Interact for Health. This project will allow members of our coalition to monitor air quality in businesses throughout Grant County that still allow smoking. The coalition members will use “Air Beam” monitors, wearable air monitors that map and graph air pollution exposures. After collecting data, members will work with the Health Department to develop an info graph that is easy to understand. This info graphic will be shared with the public and elected officials. The goal is to build capacity throughout Grant County for tobacco control legislation. Look out this summer for the results of our air quality monitoring, members of our coalition are very excited to take on the role of “citizen scientist!”