It's worse than cigarette smoking, it's worse than wars, it's worse than auto accidents.

Wow, what's worse than wars and car crashes and smoking?

Here I'll give you a hint.

Imagine you were getting ready to leave your house for work or school, and to go for a

run.

There is some standard information that most of us seek out before leaving home.

There's this.

We've got partly sunny skies, it's 85, south winds at 14.

And there's this.

Got multiple accidents, installed vehicles causing major delays.

It makes sense to check the weather and traffic before leaving home, but there's information

we don't usually check that could be just as important, if not more so.

What if this is what you heard in the morning?

The level of particulate matter in the air today is above the recommended World Health Organization

guidelines.

Or even this.

If your child has an important test today, or you're giving a big presentation at work,

you might want to consider rescheduling.

Or even this.

The Supreme Court will be delaying oral arguments until next week because of a high particulate

matter count in Washington, D.C.

It's well established that air pollution has significant negative effects on the human

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