Community Update
4/2/2021
Globally Unified Air Quality is committed to keeping you up to date with key air quality news and company progress.
“Particles are smaller than 1/30th the diameter of a human hair. When you inhale them, they are small enough to get past the body's natural defenses.”
Company Updates
GUAQ’s first promo video is finally here and we are so excited to share it with you. Click here to check it out! This month, GUAQ had the opportunity to share our company goals and missions at the World Bank Disruptive Technologies Conference. Within a week of our presentation, we began engaging in follow-up conversations about a deployment in Lagos, Nigeria. This past week, we pitched at Georgetown Startup Accelerator’s Demo Day where we announced our pre-seed fundraising round. For more information on the terms and details, please reach out to us over email - team@guaq.tech. As our company grows, we look forward to reaching more communities and organizations that share our interest in bettering air quality around the world.
In addition, the GUAQ mobile application is available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store! This app provides a platform for communities in need to obtain and analyze their air quality data, enabling them to work towards air quality reform. The GUAQ team is working hard to continuously add updates and features to the application. April’s app update contained app optimizations as well as a new recommendations feature that allows users to get actionable insights about how to stay healthy and become healthier based on their monitors’ measurements. Have any features you would like to see in the app? Give us your feedback!
Air Quality News
Air pollution and physical exercise: when to do more or less
March 30, 2021
"However, when air pollution levels are high, exercising beyond the recommended amount may offset or even reverse the beneficial effects."
The Worst Dust Storm in a Decade Shrouds Beijing and Northern China
March 15, 2021
“Measurements of the Air Quality Index — set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency — exceeded the hazardous level for particles associated with airborne sand and dust. "
UK found guilty of dirty air breach by EU court
March 4, 2021
"The UK has been found guilty by the European Court of Justice of ‘systematically and persistently’ breaching air pollution limits."