Do you want to know how to find out what you are breathing and if there is a link between pollution and health problems?

The "Bucket Brigade" is a simple, but effective, tool that dozens of communities are using to find out for themselves what chemicals are in the air.  Armed with their own data and information about the health effects of chemicals, these communities are winning impressive reductions of pollution, safety improvements and increasing enforcement of environmental laws.

The "Bucket Brigade" is named for a easy to use air sampling device housed inside a 5 gallon plastic bucket.  The "Bucket" was developed in Northern California in 1995 by an environmental engineering firm in order to simplify and reduce the costs of widely accepted methods used for testing toxic gases in the air.  Denny Larson, formed the Refinery Reform Campaign in 2001, helped to develop the buckets and has worked with many communities on establishing successful air testing programs.

The Refinery Reform Campaign can help your community start a Bucket Brigade to find out what you are breathing and fight back for clean air.

Official Bucket Brigade Gear - Get a t-shirt and help people find out what they are breathing!

Donations are tax deductible and support community campaigns across the globe to monitor and reduce toxic air pollution.

By simply going to this site, you can enter the chemicals found in your air sample and receive a report on how they compare to health and safety standards.

Sample reports: (in Adobe pdf format)

• Sulfur Compounds ASMT D5504-01 Sample Report
• Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) EPA Method TO-15 67 Compound List
• Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) EPA Method TO-15 Sample Report

The Bucket Brigade project is leading the way to research the latest in new air monitoring technologies. Read more about our monitoring fairs and the latest equipment.

Real time continuous air monitoring for toxic gases from Argos Scientific, Inc: www.argos-sci.com

To get the details on toxic gas monitors: Contact: Don Gamiles at Argos: dsgamiles@argos-sci.com or 404-403-4709.

The Bucket Stops Here
The humble plastic bucket can be used as a toolbox, a planter, or a street-corner drum -- but it also has a higher calling: saving lives.
For the rest of the story, visit:
http://www.gristmagazine.com/maindish/nijhuis072303.asp

New Bucket Brigade Study:
Community Environmental Policing:
Assessing New Strategies of Public Participation in Environmental Regulation
Download the study Adobe pdf format

• www.bucketbrigade.net
• www.labucketbrigade.org
• www.gcmonitor.org
• www.groundwork.org.za
• http://www.igc.org/saepej/bucket.html