West Oakland group hopes to fight air pollution with cell phones

A chain-link fence behind which are a copule concrete barricades in the foreground and an elevated freeway in the background.

Circled by three freeways, scattered with industrial factories and a stone’s throw from one of the largest ports in the United States, West Oakland has a high pollution rate. That’s why this neighborhood has become the centerpiece of a new partnership between a local environmental justice group and a high-tech research company to develop a cell phone that can measure pollution.

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