Samson (right) explaining to volunteers about how Claire, a baby doll which measures air pollution, works. AFP
Out for an afternoon hike, Veerle Bonaers and a friend stop pushing their baby and look down to their map, suddenly aware they have taken a wrong turn.
Their baby, Claire, dressed in pink slippers, doesn’t make a sound, sitting snug in her blue buggy, winter sunlight touching her soft tuft of blonde hair.
Claire, an acronym for Clean Air for Everyone, is silent because she is a doll and wedged beside her are three electric sensors that measure the particulate matter that spews out of factories and car exhausts.
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European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius speaks during a media conference on the air quality in Europe for 2020 at EU headquarters in Brussels, on Nov. 23, 2020. (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool via AP)
ANTWERP, Belgium (AFP) Out for an afternoon hike, Veerle Bonaers and a friend stop pushing their baby and look down to their map, suddenly aware they have taken a wrong turn.
Their baby, Claire, dressed in pink slippers, doesn’t make a sound, sitting snug in her blue buggy, winter sunlight touching her soft tuft of blonde hair.
Claire, an acronym for Clean Air for Everyone, is silent because she is a doll and wedged beside her are three electric sensors that measure the particulate matter that spews out of factories and car exhausts.
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