<ul><li><span style="font-size: 24px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><b>What is Air Pollution?</b></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 18px;">﻿&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> It is the presence of toxic chemicals or components(including biological origin) in the air,&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: rgb(77, 81, 86); font-family: Roboto, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;at levels that pose a health risk. Air pollution contains tiny solid particles and liquid droplets which are known as aerosols.</span>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">They are predominantly emitted by industrial factories, vehicle exhausts, and power plants and impact human health and agricultural and economic productivity uniquely worldwide compared to carbon dioxide (CO</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;">2</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">) emissions. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">The co-lead author of the study and an assistant professor at the Austin Jackson School of Geoscience explained that&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Muli; font-size: 18px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">“Carbon dioxide has the same impact on climate no matter who emits it. But these aerosols tend to stay concentrated near where they’re emitted, so the effect they have on the climate system is very patchy and very dependent on where they’re coming from.”</span></p><p><img src="/media/django-summernote/2022-09-26/59d01d0f-8d73-4ed7-900c-356ad52b41fa.png" style="width: 698.013px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">﻿</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br></span></p><ul><li style="font-family: Rubik; font-weight: 600; margin: 30px auto 20px; font-size: 28px; line-height: 38px;"><span style="font-size: 24px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><font color="#000000" style="">New research suggests that the impacts of air pollution differ drastically depending on the location where the pollutants are emitted.</font></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The University of Texas at Austin and also the University of&nbsp; California&nbsp; San Diego-has discovered&nbsp; how significantly air pollution affects human health as well as economies and agriculture varies substantially based on their region.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br></span></p><div class="ttl" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(77, 81, 86); font-family: Roboto, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="ttl-l fw-xl" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 506.35px;"><div class="compText " style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class=" cur-p c-black fz-15 lh-17 va-top" style="vertical-align: top; cursor: pointer; line-height: 17px; font-size: 24px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><b>How does air pollution affect our health?</b></span></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="exp" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(77, 81, 86); font-family: Roboto, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="compTextList" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ul style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: outside none;"><li class="va-top mb-8 fz-m" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.25; vertical-align: top; overflow: auto;"><div class=" lh-22 d-b " style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span></div><div class=" lh-22 d-b " style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">&nbsp;Conclusion: Research on&nbsp;Health Effects from&nbsp;Air Pollution&nbsp;Decades&nbsp;of research&nbsp;have shown&nbsp;that air pollutants&nbsp;such as ozone and particulate matter (PM) increase&nbsp;the&nbsp;amount and seriousness&nbsp;of&nbsp;lung and heart disease and other health problems.</span></div></li></ul></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Muli; font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><p><br></p>