VOCs are released as gases from solids and liquids, such as paints, pesticides, cleaning supplies, building materials and furnishings, among others. Levels of VOCs have been consistently shown to be higher indoors than outdoors and have adverse short-term and long-term effects on health. Nitrogen oxides are formed when fuel is burned.
New Delhi: Warmer temperatures, driven by climate change, could spike ozone levels on ground by 2050, a new research in the US has found. According to researchers, the increased ozone in the air could worsen air quality, potentially affecting lungs and causing inflammation in the breathing tract. “Climate change affects ozone formation through a complex set of factors but warmer temperatures are correlated with increases to ozone in polluted areas,” first author James East, a PhD student at North Carolina State University, said.
While the ozone layer in the Earth’s atmosphere is known to protect people from harmful radiations from the Sun, the ozone gas on ground is often formed when air pollutants, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides, interact. The gas can also naturally occur. VOCs are released as gases from solids and liquids, such as paints, pesticides, cleaning supplies, building materials and furnishings, among others.
Levels of VOCs have been consistently shown to be higher indoors than outdoors and have adverse short-term and long-term effects on health. Nitrogen oxides are formed when fuel is burned. Th.