Date: 07/24
Time: 9:00 to 16.30 hrs
Technical Coordinators: Susan Stone EPA and Jesuino Romano CETSB
Trainers: EPA, CETESB and Mexico City experts
Number and profile of participants: 25-30. People from local, state or national air quality agencies; people from non-governmental agencies such as advocacy groups; health care providers; meteorologists.

Endereco / Direccion / Address:

Secretaria do Verde e Meio Ambiente
R. do Paraíso, 387 - Paraíso (cerca/perto de/do Metro Paraiso)
1º. Andar
Telefone:
3372-2200

Segunda Feira/ Lunes 24 de Julio/ Monday July 24th
Horario (schedule): 9:00-16:30 horas.

Preliminary Program

The purpose of this workshop is to provide information and answer questions about air quality indices: important things to consider when they are developed (e.g., whether to use colors or health-based descriptors); what technical tools are needed (e.g., monitoring networks, forecasting tools, Web sites for information dissemination); important groups to inform/consult (i.e., meteorologists and health care providers); effective outreach.

The workshop would focus on two air quality indices that have recently been, or are currently being revised. The US Air Quality Index (AQI) was revised in 1999, and the air quality index of CETESB in Sao Paulo Brazil is currently being revised, with an anticipated launch in September, 2006. The workshop would use these as "case studies."

Particular issues to be addressed in this workshop include:

• Importance of an air quality index and difference with air quality standards.
• Index reporting to make the connection between poor air quality and symptoms or health effects and to take exposure reduction measures to protect their health.
• Air quality index a s tool to educate the public about air pollution, its causes and what can be done to reduce emissions.

Workshop Format and Materials

The format of the workshop would be to have presentations on various aspects of air quality indices: development; technical tools; uses; partners; effective outreach and then to have question and answer sessions.

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