The nonprofit Public Laboratory was explicitly created to develop tools that any one can use to monitor environmental issues . . . >(image of super expensive env. monitoring tool that only helps industry) **Conventional Environmental Monitoring tools are designed for Industry** Explanation . . . **History of Citizen Envionrmental Monitoring** Civic Science began about 13 years ago . . . it's growing . . . . and it depends on accessible monitoring tools for nonexperts . . . >(image of a tool developed to address a symptom not the toxicology) **Tools are often developed around symptoms not toxicology.** Explanation . . . . . >(image of a newspaper heading saying something like "INDUSTRY FINDS XSXX DOES NOT CAUSE CANCER") We use a model of health symptom correlation not toxicology causation to examine the effects of our environment on our health . . . . more on why this makes sense . . . **We build on the framework of environmental justice** text goes here . . . . ***Public Lab Case Studies** Navigation Bar [Developing Open Source Tools with Public Lab Draft Page](/wiki/developing-open-source-tools-public-lab-draft-page) [Developing Open Source Tools with Public Lab](/wiki/developing-open-source-tools-public-lab-draft-page) [Public Lab Store](http://store.publiclaboratory.org) [Public Lab helps EVERYONE Monitor the Environment](/wiki/public-lab-helps-everyone-monitor-environment) [How any one can participate in the Public Lab community](/wiki/how-any-one-can-participate-public-lab-community) [Public Lab helps people create great Data](/wiki/public-lab-helps-people-create-great-data) [Public Lab supports community investigations](/wiki/public-lab-supports-community-investigations) [Public Lab's Accomplishments to Date]