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Nearly Half of US Breathes Unhealthy Levels of Pollution—Cars and Trucks Largely to Blame

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ozone is produced from precursors in the presence of ultraviolet radiation from sunlight, and global warming creates conditions favorable to ozone formation by accelerating chemical reactions. These are the criteria air pollutants, namely PM 2.5 , ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and lead.

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

For example, 2010 soil data are likely to still represent conditions whereas 2010 groundwater data may not. There are only 6 NAAQS - ozone, carbon monoxide, particulates, lead, sulfur dioxides, and nitrogen dioxides - but they dominate most air quality concerns ranging from smog to health effects, such as from particulates and lead.

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Back in Black: Creating positive changes by focusing on a short-lived pollutant

HumanNature

Black carbon is one type of airborne particulate matter (PM), which is a title for all the microscopic solid and liquid particles suspended in our air. vehicles, cook stoves, oil and gas processing, and wildfires to name a few), there will be black carbon. AMAP Assessment 2015: Black Carbon and Ozone as Arctic Climate Forcers.”