Is 60 days of monitoring enough time to understand whether air poses health concerns?
Sixty days is enough to give us a rough idea of possible health concerns at a school. If we don’t get enough information about possible health concerns during the initial sampling period, we will recommend that monitoring continue for a longer period. Top of page Q: Will any monitoring take place when children are out for the summer? It seems like you might miss an important source of pollution – cars and buses transporting children to school. How will you address that? A: You’re right that emissions from cars and buses transporting children to schools are important sources of air pollution. We anticipate that most schools will be in session when monitoring begins. We will examine results closely to see if there is a significant drop in mobile source air toxics after school lets out for the summer. If we do, we may consider additional monitoring at those sites when school resumes.
