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How IoT Sensors Detect Pollutant Plumes in Real Time
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a network of low-cost IoT sensors deployed across a Houston petrochemical corridor is giving regulators and residents real-time visibility into toxic pollutant plumes. They dive into the specific case of a 2024 benzene leak at a Marathon Petroleum facility that went undetected by state monitors for hours, and how Fenceline Communities Network, a nonprofit using 50-dollar electrochemical sensors from a company called QuantAQ, caught the plume in twelve minutes. The hosts discuss the technology behind the sensors—how they calibrate against…
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