System and method for air quality monitoring and reporting

A method for air quality detection, the method comprising:

• in response to a personal air quality detection device entering a location, modifying a location radius associated with the personal air quality detection device based on a personal metric stored at the personal air quality detection device, the personal metric indicating a user tolerance for a substance of interest;
• monitoring the substance of interest within the modified location radius;
• and
• in response to the substance of interest exceeding a substance threshold value, displaying one or more notifications associated with the substance of interest.

A personal air quality detection device, comprising:

• a memory storing a set of location profiles;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• in response to the personal air quality detection device entering a location, select a location profile associated with the location from the set of location profiles, the location profile identifying a substance threshold value;
• compare a substance of interest to the substance threshold value;
• and
• based on the comparison, display one or more notifications associated with the substance of interest.