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EPA Seeks Test Users for New Smoke Sense App

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development is seeking individuals to test their new mobile...

Aug 09, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

Tools & Resources, Air Quality Smoke Sense App Updated with Spanish Language The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Smoke Sense mobile application is now available in Spanish on Android and iOS devices. Users’ native (default) device settings will determine the language displayed in the Smoke Sense app. EPA researchers developed the citizen science mobile app called Smoke Sense as part of a public health […] Jul 01, 2019 \| Michelle Shapiro
Air Quality Smoke Sense App Alerts Public about Wildland Fire Smoke Risks By Ana Rappold, Mary Clare Hano, Steven Prince and Ann Brown, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Hospitals, clinics, and public health organizations in wildfire-prone areas of the West and Southwest are seeing firsthand the impacts of wildfire season on public health. As these fires become larger, more frequent, and more intense—leaving smoke-filled skies for days, […] Oct 30, 2018 \| Michelle Shapiro
Vector Control Including the Public in Tick Research Nathan Nieto’s lab at Northern Arizona University conducted a tick study in 2016 using citizen science participation to collect 16,080 ticks from 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. After receiving the ticks, the research team identified them and tested them for four tick-born pathogens, including Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. A goal of […] Aug 01, 2018 \| Michelle Shapiro
EPA Seeks Test Users for New Smoke Sense App The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development is seeking individuals to test their new mobile application called Smoke Sense as a part of an ongoing citizen science study. The study is first of its kind and aims to determine the level of impact resulting from wildland fire smoke exposure on health and productivity. […] Aug 09, 2017 \| Anastasia Sonneman