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To fight an invisible problem, researchers and health advocates give teens pollution monitors
A science teacher from Lincoln High School in East Los Angeles brings the portable pollution monitoring devices to the classroom to find real world applications. There are health concerns for about 90 K-12 schools operating within 500 feet, or about one city block, from a major highway. By Deepa Fernandes, KPCC

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