airTEXT — free air pollution forecasts by text
Came across this service today via the Wired biotech blog –
When you sign up to receive pollution alerts from airTEXT, you select a borough that you’d like to receive the alerts for. Twice every day at about 7am and 7pm, computers at CERC’s forecasting office make a prediction of the air pollution on every street in London for the rest of today or all of tomorrow.
When air pollution levels are predicted to reach MODERATE or higher levels over more than one tenth of your borough, we will send you an SMS message, a voice mail or an email, to warn you that pollution may be elevated. You can then take the advice offered in the alert, or in the airTEXT advice leaflet, or check the Health Advice section on the airTEXT website.
Smart.
More at www.airtext.info.
