Air Pollution and Longevity: Data, Devices, and Decisions to L.I.V.E. a Million Hour Life

I used to love fireworks - the spectacle, the shared awe, the shimmer in my children’s eyes. Disney World, Legoland, our local park, we saw them all. But now, when the sky lights up, I don’t see bursts of beauty in the sky, I see the aftermath: toxins, particulates, and pollutants drifting quietly into our lungs. What’s floating in the air after those “ooh-aah” moments doesn’t just vanish into the night. It lingers. In the air. In the soil. And sometimes, in us.