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Indicator 1. Air Quality |
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| 1.A. Number of complaints about ambient air odor. These complaints, formal and informal, indicate air quality concerns. |
Local environmental authority; letters to the editor; environmental advocacy organizations; local government; county health and human services agency | Interview, telephone to ask for information, count reports in local papers |
| 1.B. Number of asthma cases treated (sales of asthma/allergy medicines). A portion of asthma attacks are a result of air quality. An increase or decline in asthma medicine sales or cases treated can indicate changes in air quality. |
Sales of asthma/allergy medicine from pharmacy; county clinics; county health and human service agencies | Obtain sales data from pharmacy, obtain number of cases from county health and human services agency |
| 1.C. Number of days of high particulate matter in the air. Amount of particulate matter in the air is a concrete measure of poor air quality. |
Local EPA office; local media | Compare to level of particulates from local EPA office or weather service, on consistent selected days annually |
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