By Constance Beutel, March 5, 2023

Be Informed

Our communities have been especially blessed through the active efforts of the Benicia Good Neighbor Steering Committee, the Benicia Community Air Monitoring Program (BCAMP), Dr Gwen Ottinger of Drexel University and the Create Lab at Carnegie Mellon by instituting a totally community operated Air Monitoring System (BCAMP) with real time, publicly accessible air monitoring data.

Now, for the first time, we can subscribe to email notifications generated from the BCAMP data when detected Benzene, Black Carbon, Ozone, PM2.5, Sulfur Dioxide, Toluene, Xylene exceed standards. Knowing this will be important for those of us living in Benicia, and our surrounding areas. Here’s the link: smellmycity.org/notifications?type=bcamp

As Air Quality is so essential to our health, you might also consider these resources:

• • Benicia Community Air Monitoring Program website
  • Smell My City  (On Apple App Store, or on Google Play Store)
  • Refinery Air Watch website
  • Please – anyone can report Air Quality issues/events to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District: General Public Information: (415) 749-4900, or Air Quality Complaints: 1-800-334-ODOR (6367)

Constance Beutel, Air Watch Bay Area
Benicia