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 Stories About: advice AND air pollution AND Ask Umbra AND ozone
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Atmos-Fear
On ground-level ozone |
Umbra Fisk |
10 Oct 2002 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Where I live, the air is declared "unhealthful" on many days in the summer due to ground-level ozone pollution. On those days, we have to stay inside until after about 3 p.m. My question is: What causes ground-level ozone to form and what are its reported health effects on adults and children? Dean Bakersfield, Calif. Dearest Dean, Ground-level ozone is the unholy love child of fuel combustion and sunlight, and the ... |
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| Topics: advice, air pollution, Ask Umbra, ozone (all these topics) |
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