Household chemicals rival vehicles as smog source
▻https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02132-9
Volatile organic compounds contribute to the formation of ozone and the fine airborne particulates that make up smog, which is linked to health problems from asthma to heart disease. Cars and trucks have historically pumped out most of these compounds, along with other pollutants such as nitrogen oxides. But significant levels of volatile organic compounds also escape from household and commercial products, according to a study published on 15 February in Science.