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Can we rely on DIY air pollution sensors?

  • Written by Richard E. Peltier, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst
imageDr. Kofi Amegah of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, installing a small air sensing unit built by the University of MassachusettsKofi Amegah

Until recently, measuring air pollution was a task that could be performed only by trained scientists using very sophisticated – and very expensive – equipment. That has changed with the rapid...

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