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Aug 03, 2015

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TEX is matching your donation!TEX is proud to be a partner and supporter of this project.  TEX stands for the Thriving Earth Exchange, a new non-profit program that helps connect community leaders and Earth and space scientists, so that they can work together to use  Earth science to make life better. We introduced Ashley Collier and the Taking Neighborhood Health to Heart community, and they worked together to design this project.  TEX gives an award to teams that complete the match and design process - and Taking Neighborhood Health to Heart and Ashley have decided to use those award funds to help your donations go farther. Every dollar  pledged, up to $2000, will be matched by TEX.

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George WareResearcher

Taking Neighborhood Health to Heart (TNH2H) is very appreciative of the role that TEX has played in planning the Indoor Air Quality in Northeast Denver Project. The project builds on TNH2H's history of creating partnerships between community and researchers to investigate and take action on community-identified issues and priorities. Although TNH2H members have often discussed possible impacts of the environment on individual and community health, this project marks our first launch of an environmentally-focused investigation. Thanks TEX for introducing us to Ashley and for the $2000 in matching funds.

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About This Project

Investigating Indoor Air Quality in Northeast Denver

University of Colorado Boulder, Taking Neighborhood Health to Heart, AGU TEX, Colorado State

The harmful effects of indoor air contaminants, such as perchloroethylene (PERC), are clear. Knowing how to assess our own risk is less clear. We will assemble and distribute air quality test kits to homes in Northeast Denver in order to collect data on two pollutants: PERC and radon. Our goals are simple, help a local community understand if they are at risk, raise awareness of air quality issues, and test a low-cost method for PERC detection that could allow anyone to screen their home.