On the Scroll Again: Our Phones Are Adding to Real-Time Vehicle Air Pollution

Vikki Warner
Aug 31, 2018 · 5 min read

I see it so often, I have a nickname for it: “Minivan Livingroom.”

When I walk the dog in the morning, and again in the evening, it’s usually there: a dark blue, new-ish minivan, ignition on, the muffled sound of music escaping closed windows. A single person sits in the driver’s seat.

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Vikki Warner

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Author of Tenemental: Adventures of a Reluctant Landlady, published by the Feminist Press. Audiobook industry oldtimer. Late bloomer.

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