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There is no Spare the Air alert in effect Today.
Governments use of clean air standards has contributed to an improvement in human health and longer life spans.
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In support of air quality monitoring and enforcement activities at the District, the Technical Division Services includes an analysis Laboratory and a Technical Reference Library at the District office in San Francisco. Air samples collected by Technical and Enforcement Division field staff are brought to the lab for analysis using equipment and procedures not available in the field. A copy of all District publications, as well as publications from the greater air quality community, are maintained in the reference library for District and public access. Many District publications are also available on-line through this web site.
The Division includes an independent Quality Assurance section responsible for auditing Air Monitoring operations. This group maintains separate, certified measurement equipment standards in accordance with Federal and State regulations to audit Air Monitoring equipment and insure District air quality measurements are accurate and precise. The Quality Assurance section also conducts audits on air monitoring equipment operated within District boundaries by independent contractors for regulatory purposes or for other public agencies.
In conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the California Air Resources Board (CARB), local universities, and other local air monitoring districts, the Division participates in other national, state, and local scientific studies monitoring air quality. Recent studies in the past several years are: