COVID 19 PLACES: ECUADOR
This essay supports an upcoming discussion of how COVID-19 is unfolding in Ecuador and a broader discussion within the Transnational STS COVID-19 project.
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Image created with the use of a free image by Crystal Mirallegro (Unsplash website) for Ecuador's covid19 place essay
Kaleidos - Center for Interdisciplinary Ethnography
A research Center at the University of Cuenca with the collaboration of FLACSO-Ecuador
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The main point of the article is that a big name organization (The EPA) is taking steps to help the residents of Newark and the Ironbound Community monitor air pollution. Not only is the EPA donating $150,000 worth of equipment, but they are also training volunteers to monitor and mantain the machines so the EPA and the Ironbound Community can gather the information they need. The machines can also be moved around so multiple locations can be sampled and tested.
Air Pollution Presentation
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Newark Air Pollution
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Manganese Pollution in the City Environment and its Relationship to Traffic Density
Due to the substitution of manganese instead of lead as a gasoline additive, soil samples around high density traffic areas in Newark have absorbed the manganese from the exhaust gasses of automobiles
Newark to monitor air quality with $150K EPA sensors
This artifact shows that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking steps to helping the Ironbound Community Corporation Family Success Center monitor air pollution levels with the donation o
This audio was sent by Manuel Maiche, community leader of Kuamar, part of the Shuar territory in Ecuador.