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Ozone Transport Assessment Group: Implications for State Legislatures

Susan Johnson –
March 1, 1998
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An adult breathes in approximately 13,000 liters of air each day.  Childeren breathe in 50 percent more air per pound of body weight than do adults.  Ground-level ozone - a prime ingredient of smog - can cause shortness of breath and chest pains in asthmatics, hurt to children, and induce permanent lung damage and chronic respiratory illness in everyone.