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On a tree-lined street in a quiet suburb known by some as Arbor City", Eileen Miranda often watched her grandson race around the yard, trusting - like most - that the air they were breathing was clean. But data from an air quality sensor she recently installed outside her home showed otherwise. Now she wonders if it was the air that contributed to her eldest son's childhood struggle with asthma.

It overwhelmed me," Miranda said. I thought the numbers would be low. This community is nice, but lo and behold"

Eileen Miranda outside her home in La Mirada, California, in March. She is among many Latinos in the US who have installed monitors to stay informed about their neighborhoods' air quality.