air pollution

Dr. Sondra Hellstrom of Bosch speaks to Tim Brosnihan of SEMI MEMS & Sensors Industry Group (MSIG) to preview her presentation on decarbonization at MEMS & Sensors Technical Congress (MSTC), May 23-24 at MIT in Cambridge Massachusetts. 

More consumer and industrial products may emit volatiles that now are known to be harmful, including furniture, passenger cars, and industrial trucks. Interest in detecting and measuring the gaseous pollutants is growing in order to create effective responses to reduce or eliminate health risks. 

Air pollution is one of the grand challenges facing the entire planet — from the wealthiest nations to the least developed. The World Health Organization reports that nine out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants, and that polluted air takes over seven million lives...