In healthy infants, even ozone concentrations well below those allowed by federal law trigger asthmalike symptoms, a new study shows.
The finding indicates that federal limits on this pervasive pollutant, a prime constituent of smog, don’t protect infants “from rather severe respiratory symptoms,” says epidemiologist Elizabeth W. Triche of the Yale University School of Medicine.
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