Asian Pollution Contributing to West Coast Smog

Thursday, 21 January 2010 | by Pat's Picks

Pollution from Asia is the culprit behind increased levels of smog on the west coast says the Seattle Times. Researchers says that ozone is blowing over the Pacific Ocean and “raising background levels of a major ingredient of smog in the skies over Washington, Oregon and other Western states.”

Read an abstract of the study from the journal Nature

SOURCE: Seattle Times