Bad Air? There’s an App for That

Via the Dallas Morning New comes word that the American Lung Association has developed a new i-phone and Android app that can keep track of your local air quality status. It supposedly brings you real time smog and particulate matter info using the EPA's brightly colored Air Quality Index that you may have seen on local weather cast, although "real time" in this case is about 2 hours behind the actual numbers you'll be breathing thanks to the state's slow posting. It also offers the handy option of sending clean air messages to members of Congress and donating to the ALA. Having a bad air day? Make sure your elected offciials know.