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I am currently working on a science project for school. We are supposed to make a proposal about air quality. We are to measure air quality in schools, houses and outside areas. We need to get information on how we could measure the level of air cheaply and how to test it. We are also required to have experiments to back our decisions.


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Well, check your local hardware store for a carbon-monoxide detector and a radon testing kit. Sorry I do not know how to build a gas chromatograph but you might be able to find a chemist who does.

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