Californians and cell phones to track air pollution (UC Newsroom) You want to go for a run, but you don’t want to run in polluted air that might aggravate your asthma. [News Source]

UCSD Scientists Rolling Out Air Pollution Monitoring Network (KPBS San Diego) UC San Diego computer scientists are creating a network of environmental sensors to help people avoid air pollution hot spots. [News Source]

Californians and Cell Phones to Track Air Pollution (Newswise) You want to go for a run, but you don't want to run in polluted air that might aggravate your asthma. University of California, San Diego computer scientists are creating a network of environmental sensors that will help you avoid air pollution hot spots that exist exactly when you are planning your route. The system will provide up-to-the-minute information on outdoor and indoor air quality ... [News Source]

Californians — and their cell phones — will help computer scientists monitor air pollution (EurekAlert!) ( University of California - San Diego ) UC San Diego computer scientists are creating a network of environmental sensors that will help you avoid air pollution hot spots in everyday life. This is "CitiSense" -- the vision of computer scientists from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. The team won a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to solve the technical ... [News Source]

Iraq/Afghanistan deployment tied to respiratory woes. U.S. military personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan face an increased risk for developing respiratory symptoms, including persistent or recurring cough and shortness of breath, a large-scale study has shown. Combat stress along with air pollution could be to blame. [News Source]

Birth defects rise from lack of tests. Experts say a lack of pre-marital physical checks and pollution have pushed the number of Beijing babies with birth defects to 1.6 percent this year, twice as many as 10 years ago. Air pollution causes a higher rate of birth defects in the city than in the countryside, health officials said. [News Source]

Surrey considers garbage incinerator for town centre. As Metro Vancouver gets ready to unveil a draft solid-waste management plan that calls for the use of incinerators by 2015, Surrey has already floated the idea of having one built near its town centre. [News Source]

Lawsuit filed challenging new regs for diesel dump trucks. A lawsuit has been filed seeking to nullify state regulations that require the owners of older diesel dump trucks to retrofit their vehicles with costly air emission filters. [News Source]

Devices will cut school bus emissions. Forty-four older Craven County Schools diesel buses will be retrofitted with devices designed to cut air pollution, especially nitrogen oxide emissions that contribute to ground level ozone and fine particles in soot. [News Source]

State Rep. Burnam renews call for gas drilling moratorium. A state representative whose district includes most of Fort Worth reiterated his call for a moratorium on natural gas drilling, saying more studies need to be done to best understand whether there are safety concerns. [News Source]

Oak Woodlands conservation management plan takes root. For the first time since 1980, Los Angeles County is revising its general development plan to not only save but increase areas of oak woodlands, which have been shown to help curb air pollution and sequester carbon dioxide. [News Source]