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Is air pollution making you sick? 4 questions answered

  • Written by Richard E. Peltier, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Is air pollution making you sick? 4 questions answeredMorning smog in New Delhi, India.AP Photo/Manish Swarup

Not a day seems to go by without a story of an “airpocalypse,” usually somewhere in a developing nation. It’s hard not to empathize with the people in the smoggy images of New Delhi or Ulaanbataar or Kathmandu, often wearing masks, walking to school or work though soupy...

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