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Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
BREDL Clean Air


The Bucket Brigade

The Bucket Brigade is an economical, yet reliable, community based air sampling program.  The bucket captures air using a "grab" sampling technique.  The air sample is then sent to an EPA-approved laboratory for analysis.  The device can capture such common air pollutants as hydrogen sulfide, toluene, benzene, styrene and vinyl chloride,

Developed by Communities for a Better Environment, the Bucket Brigade device, protocols, and sampling technique were perfected and certified by a cooperative effort between community groups, local officials, and the US EPA to ensure credible results.

Bucket Brigade Workshop

BREDL held a Bucket Brigade training workshop in Winston-Salem, NC on Saturday, August 18, 2001. Volunteers were trained on bucket operation and how to organize community "bucket brigades".






Combat Air Pollution with Bucket Brigades factsheet. English Version , Russian Version (documents posted 11/04/04)


BREDL October 1999 Workshop


More info: www.bucketbrigade.net