Though they all largely depend on data from the same kind of equipment to measure pollutants in the air, different apps and websites employ different formulas to transform raw readings into digestible estimates of how toxic conditions are currently and how they might change later. And a wider variety of calculations and dashboards have emerged in recent years as the effects of climate change, including more severe wildfires and pollen blooms, prompted a gush of investment from Google, small...

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