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Install & Operate Additional O3 & PM 2.5 Monitors

Ozone Health Effects

• Causes lung inflammation, shortness of breath, chest pain, wheezing, coughing

• Exacerbates respiratory ailments such as asthma

• Long-term, repeated exposures may cause chronically reduced lung function

Particulate Matter Health Effects

• Impairs lung function

• Aggravates serious respiratory & heart disease

• Causes premature death

• Ozone also causes foliar injury, reductions in growth and vigor of native vegetation and reductions in agricultural and forest productivity at much lower critical thresholds

• Particulate Matter also impairs visibility

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