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low-coverage data as such when reporting it.","Relay official health advice linked to an index category."],"mustNot":["Present sensor or model estimates as reference measurements.","Report a value without its averaging period and location.","Declare a legal exceedance or compliance on behalf of the competent authority.","Give individual medical advice based on air quality data.","Alter validated monitoring data."],"requiresHuman":["Issuing public alerts or smog warnings.","Declaring official compliance or exceedance of legal limits.","Siting or closing a reference monitoring station."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Poor air quality harms health, and the burden often falls on poorer neighbourhoods near traffic and industry.","Understated or delayed information prevents vulnerable people from protecting themselves.","Low-cost sensor data can mislead when its uncertainty is not explained."],"affectedParties":["Residents, especially children, older people and people with respiratory 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