What pollutants cause poor air quality?
Different air pollutants can affect human health, and not all pollutants have the same effect on everyone. It is important to remember that regardless of the time of year, air pollution can affect you. In the summer the focus is on ozone because ozone needs sunlight and warm temperatures to form. Particle pollution, on the other hand, can exist year-round in the air. Both of these pollutants can irritate your lungs, and particle pollution has been linked to cardiac disease. While other pollutants such as asbestos are not found in the air around you, exposure could occur by walking past an old building being torn down, or during a home remodeling effort.
