Chemicals in the air we are breathing will be closely monitored by a group of Bermuda Biological Station for Research scientists who have set up a newly refurbished lab at Prospect.

The lab had to be rebuilt after Hurricane Fabian destroyed the environmental quality monitoring station last September.

According to an article in the BBSR newsletter Currents, the lab includes updated equipment to collect several sets of data including general weather information, as well as the levels of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen which are in the air.

These gases are the main cause of toxic rain. The scientists are also measuring levels of airborne particles which are hazardous to human health.

After Tynes Bay was built in 1994, a major role of the lab is to continue to monitor emissions from the waste disposal facility.