The air in California is getting toxic every day. Ozone levels were able to maintain federal health standards for only three days. Research shows that the country's polluted air is more than thrice compared to New York and more than twice in Texas.
It will take another heat wave to come across the West Coast and remain until the middle of the week for the air quality to get worsened, thought the experts. And with additional regulations to the already overmuch regulated state, the country is near to almost banning people, according to Zero Hedge.
"Bad air and high levels of pollution become deadly to a society because chronically people are ingesting these particulate molecules," said Dr. Anthony Carrillo.
"If we had tighter restrictions and better control over our air quality, we would see a drop or decline in these acute crises that people have with these underlying chronic conditions," he continued.
On Wednesday, the New York University and the American Thoracic Society released an analysis maximizing those 3,632 lives a year could be saved in California. Of the 9,320 premature deaths in the country are associated with filthy air.
The region with the highest ozone levels is the Southern California with caustic gas in smog. This doesn't comply with the regulatory standards for harmful soot, fine particles, as well as pollution laid with chemicals that become deep-seated in the lungs, the Los Angeles Times reported.
A report from the "Health of the Air" discovered that shrinking the level of ozone and fine particles farther than the present regulatory limits will stave off a number of heart attacks, visits to emergency rooms and other chronic health concerns.
Air pollution puts everyone's lives at risk especially children, elder people and those with cardiovascular and respiratory tract problems. The ATC suggests the more effective health standard of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for ozone pollution from the present 70 parts per billion to 60 parts per billion. The yearly limit of 12 micrograms per cubic meter should be decreased to 11 on fine particle pollution.
