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The Philippines, and especially its capital Metro Manilla, is just subjected to Air Pollution just like any other countries in Asia.

Quoted from this overview from the 'Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources', the Philippines ranks 5th (out of 11 countries) at the Environmental Performance Index in the ASEAN Region (which includes Japan, China and South Korea). This other articles explains that "Pollution levels in Metro Manila are still higher than acceptable levels ...".


Visible Air Pollution on Manilla Skyline (attribution).
So, like most of the countries in Asia, there is no reason why there should not be real-time Air Quality monitoring in the Philippines, at least for Metro Manilla. The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) (emb.gov.ph/portal/air) does provide a lot of useful information about the Air Quality. Unfortunately, the "Continuous Ambient Air Monitoring ... for PM₁₀" page (emb.gov.ph/ambientair) is not working (and has actually not been working for a while now). The best solution for providing real-time Air Quality information in Philippines would be that the EMB starts providing the official readings again. But while this is happening, the aqicn.org team is starting the "Philippines Air Quality monitoring project". Updated on June 18th 2015: Air Quality is now official available from airquality-embdenr.com.

The aqicn.org R&D team is now developping a new affordable Particule Matter (PM_2.5) outdoor Air Quality monitoring station, and we want to install a few of them in Metro Manilla (to start with). The station is simple to use, and requires almost no maintenance. It only requires a WIFI connection to operate (the power supply is provided by battery and solar panel).

So if you are living Metro Manilla, and you would like to help us, we are looking for people who can help us to host the stations. If this is you, the please fill in the form below with your contact information. Alternatively, if you are only interrested in getting the real-time data, or you would like to get more infomration about the project, you can also subscribe to our mailing list to get the updates about the project, using the same form below.

If you want to stay informed about the Air Quality monitoring project for Philippines,
please register with the form below:

The Philippines Air Quality Monitoring Project - subscription form

Enter your name - eg "John Doe" Enter your email address - eg "john.doe@mail.com"

Write few words about your request - eg:"I live in the Philippines, and would like to known if there will be more stations outside Metro Manilla.", "I would like to help by hosting an monitoring station", "I would like to know the average daily air quality for the past year", ..

Sobre os níveis de qualidade do ar

-	Valores do Índice de Qualidade do Ar (AQI)	Níveis de preocupação de saúde
0 - 50	Boa	0-50: Boa - A qualidade do ar é considerada satisfatória, a poluição do ar representa pouco ou nenhum risco
51 -100	Moderado	50-100: Moderado - A qualidade do ar é aceitável; No entanto, para alguns poluentes pode haver um problema de saúde moderada para um número muito pequeno de pessoas que são mais sensíveis à poluição do ar.
101-150	Não Saudável para Grupos Sensíveis	Membros de grupos sensíveis podem ter efeitos na a saúde. O público em geral não é susceptível de ser afetado.
151-200	Não saudável	150-200: Insalubre - Toda a população pode começar a sentir os efeitos na saúde; membros de grupos sensíveis podem apresentar efeitos mais sérios de saúde.
201-300	Muito Prejudical à Saúde	200-300: Muito Insalubre - As advertências de saúde de situações de emergência. Toda a população é mais susceptível de ser afectada.
300+	Perigoso	300+: Perigoso - alerta de saúde: todos podem experimentar efeitos mais graves para a saúde

Para saber mais sobre Qualidade do Ar e Poluição, verifique o wikipedia Qualidade do Ar tópico ou o guia AIRNow a Qualidade do Ar e sua saúde.

Para informações sobre saúde muito úteis em Pequim, procure Doutor Richard Saint Cyr MD, consulte www.myhealthbeijing.com blogue.