Oh my, the air is stinky today, isn't it, Edmonton? Particle counts are merely mediocre, but there's something else on that breeze that gave me a headache within 5 minutes of opening a window.
Guess I'm not doing the grocery run today. I wouldn't even trust an N95 to filter out whatever it is.
Love to live in an uncontrolled experimental atmospheric chemistry lab. ðŸ˜
I wonder, is anyone even working on environmental air quality monitoring for small organic molecules? Not just total VOCs (which would be a start), but specifically a measure of the compounds that can pass through your sinuses and stab you in the brain like you were walking through all the perfume counters at the entrance to a 1990s department store?
(This may not be a precise description of the mechanism involved, but that's what it feels like.)
Because right now, the only sensor I have for that is my nose & brain. There's nothing showing up on any of the air quality monitors that would warm me not to go outside or open windows today. Which means there's nothing I can rely on to tell me when it's all clear again, either.
Amelia Bellamy-Royds 