WHAT IS OZONE SMOG?
Ozone is a major component of smog and is created by sunlight reacting with chemicals found in gasoline vapors and emissions from cars and industrial smokestacks.
What Happens When We Breathe Ozone?
Too much ozone in the air can make breathing difficult and painful. Deeply inhaled ozone reduces lung capacity and a person's ability to exercise and work. Ozone prematurely ages the lungs by scarring them, which results in a reduction in their elasticity.
How Can The Danger Of Ozone Be Reduced?
One way to reduce the danger of ozone is to reduce the number of motor vehicles on the region's streets and highways. How can we do that? Carpooling of course! In fact, with the aid of this issue of the Commuter Register you can help the pollution problem today. Call someone listed in the Register and make arrangements to carpool to and from work--we'll all breathe a little easier.
© 2008 Capital District Transportation Committee