Personal aerosol monitor
February 1st 2008 A personal aerosol monitor
hired from Ashtead
Technology Rentals to
monitor the effects of the
English Smokefree
legislation featured on
BBC1's Breakfast
programme.
The news item included a
feature on 'Monitoring for
Compliance', a collaborative
project overseen by the
Tobacco Control
Collaborating Centre and
funded by Cancer Research
UK. The group carried out
air quality assessments with
help from a TSI Sidepak
AM510 personal aerosol
monitor around 1 July when
the Smokefree legislation
came into force.
The TCCC was tasked with
monitoring a variety of
hospitality and leisure
outlets across the country
one month before and one
month after the legislation
had been implemented.
Measurements showed
that average PM2.5 levels
were reduced from
217µg/m3 in June to
11µg/m3 in August, a
reduction of 206µg/m3 or
95%.
Nina Gotz, a research
associate from the TCCC
comments "The instrument
from Ashtead Technology
Rentals played a key role in
the study and helped us
monitor air quality in more
than 40 locations in total."
The Sidepak monitor's
easy-to-read display shows
data in real time aerosol
mass concentration and 8h
time-weighted average.
With its convenient data
logging and long battery
life, it is also suitable for
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