Getting Involved

Overview

If you live in a community affected by environmental odors, you can take action to stop or reduce them. Join like-minded residents to form a citizens’ action group to give you a united voice in your community. Choose leaders to represent your group who can listen and speak on your behalf.

Meet with local leaders and government representatives

Your citizen group leaders can request meetings with city government representatives. These representatives include members of the city council, the mayor, or the county board of health. At the meetings, group leaders can share the community’s odor concerns and ask for support in finding solutions. You can even share with them some of the solutions we talk about on this website.

Your action group leaders can also meet with leaders from the facility emitting the odors. Approaching them as partners and inviting them to help resolve the odor issues can open the door to communication. This helps you achieve your goal of reducing bad odors in your community.

Resources

• Presentation: Get Involved – Reduce Environmental Odors in your Community
  • This presentation discusses odor sources, symptoms related to odor exposure, odor diaries, odor controls, and other related issues.
• Air Pollution Odor Diaries
  • Odor diaries help document important information related to environmental odors.
  • Odor diaries are easy to use and can produce useful information in as little as two weeks.