An Ozone Action Day has been declared for multiple areas in Texas.
Millions of folks in Texas have been told to avoid driving to help battle high levels of ozone pollution.The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has issued several Ozone Action Day alerts for Wednesday.One covers the Houston, Galveston, and Brazoria areas, where 'atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing high levels of ozone pollution,' the National Weather Service said.
Motor vehicle exhaust and gasoline vapors are some of the major sources of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds —with the chemical reaction between them causing ground-level ozone when in sunlight.The TCEQ states: 'Ground-level ozone is of particular importance because it is a respiratory toxic agent that can cause acute respiratory health effects when people breathe high concentrations of it over several hours.
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