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How Do We Protect Ourselves From Air Pollution

The way we monitor air quality today has been designed to measure and control industrial pollution, and it lacks the flexibility and granularity necessary to understand our daily exposure.

To address this challenge, Romain and his team at Plume Labs created Flow, a personal pollution tracker that can explain the air around you, at the exact time you measure it.

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A personal air-quality tracker that lets you know what you're breathing | Romain Lacombe ·

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