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“When I lived in Shanghai, I experienced extreme episodes of air pollution. When I arrived here, I was immediately concerned by the smell of sulfur and the thick white smoke emanating from the pulp and paper mill,” says Ricky Ng-Adam, a citizen of Lower Town. of Quebec. This is what led him to launch a “citizen science” project on air quality in central districts, where similar initiatives are multiplying these days.