100 much needed air quality monitors will be distributed in 100 Mile House tomorrow.
10 outdoor and 90 indoor air quality monitors will be put in place across 100 Mile House, after 9-year-old Carter Vigh passed away due to an asthma attack last year.
President and CEO Christopher Lam says these monitors will help properly determine the air quality, closer to the intended area.
“The interesting thing about smoke is that it travels really easily, and it really depends on the geography of the land.” says Lam.
“There may be hills in the way, the wind may blow a certain way, and they come through a valley and they can be blocked by hillsides, so it’s really important to know what’s in the air in different areas right across the region.”
The closest air quality monitoring station was 100 kilometres away, which Lam says isn’t close enough to give an accurate reading, which makes the new monitors that much more important.
He says it’s unfortunate that it took the passing of Vigh to have a movement, like the Carter Project, spark.
The goal is to have people recognize that what’s in the air is important to what they’re putting into their lungs.
There will be a town hall event at the 100 Mile Community Hall from 7:00pm to 9:00pm, where the monitors will be distributed to families receiving them.
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