Identifying Harmful Pollutants in City Air
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 12:42
in Earth & Climate
Air pollution is linked to tens of thousands of deaths each year. However, some of the worst pollutants often fly under the radar. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are looking for easier, more effective ways of finding and measuring the toxic pollutants that people breathe, including developing a portable device that would allow them to use cultured human lung cells to study air in the field where actual pollution occurs.