One thing all the attendees agreed on was that extensive air quality monitoring is crucial to ensuring public health.

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The scales, known as the Smart Body Analyzer, are the first-ever smart scale to feature heart rate measurement and air quality monitoring.

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In Edinburgh, 18 out of 38 air quality monitoring sites breached acceptable levels of the pollutant, while Aberdeen Council expressed concern over meeting the target near busy roads, the charity said.

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"Nevertheless, as a responsible neighbour that has been operating in this community since 1995, we have welcomed additional air quality monitoring currently being carried out by the Environment Agency, " he said.

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So we are preparing for that scenario by increasing our support to the Coast Guard and our other federal -- and very importantly our state partners -- in ramping up the monitoring of air quality.

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The first job is for the environmental assistant and the gas checker to walk through the tunnels monitoring ventilation and air quality.

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We saw a bevy of new gadgets and gizmos hitting the scene this week such as intelliPaper, which recently found a way to transform tiny scraps of paper into fully functional USB drives and programmable documents and CitiSense, a portable pollution monitoring system that allows you to check nearby air quality on your smartphone.

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