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 a Big Smog Source |
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| Автор | Kalina (Нерегистриран) | |
| Публикувано | 19.05.04 17:58 |
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Chemicals in Home a Big Smog Source
GARY POLAKOVIC / LA Times 9mar03
Even before the chemicals escape into
the environment, they contribute to indoor
air pollution, which typically is more
dangerous than smog because the
chemicals concentrate nearer to people.
Cleansers, cosmetics and other products pump 100 tons of pollutants daily into the Southland's air, ranking second to
tailpipe emissions, studies show.
Ordinary household products such as cleansers, cosmetics and paints are now the Los Angeles region's second-leading
source of air pollution, after auto tailpipe emissions, air quality officials say.
"It's the same stuff that comes out of a tailpipe or a smokestack," said Jerry Martin, a spokesman for the California
Air Resources Board. "We're talking hundreds of different kinds of products, stuff everyone uses. It's almost one secret
area of emissions that you don't hear about and no one talks about."
The offending items include detergents, cleaning compounds, glues, polishes, floor finishes, cosmetics, perfume,
antiperspirants, rubbing alcohol, room fresheners, car wax, paint and lawn care products.
Regulators have long known that smog-forming chemicals escape with every squirt of antiperspirant, each bubble of
detergent and every spritz of aerosol hair spray. And they have been controlling some products' emissions for years,
with mixed success. But new research shows that products common in kitchens, bathrooms and garages contribute more to
Southern California's smog problem than previously thought.
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