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Smog without borders
Despite their name, you won’t find airsheds at your local Home Depot. Airsheds are geographic areas that share the same air due to topography, meteorology, and climate. And they have a big effect the air you breathe.
One of the things that makes smog such a complicated issue is that we share our air—and air pollution-- with other regions. For example, smog from Ohio drifts up to Southern Ontario. It works the other way around, too. Smog in Southern Ontario flows into New York state, Quebec, and the Maritimes.
We’re interconnected by air. And since air travels, pollution becomes a shared problem. That’s why it’s important for all levels of society--individual, business and government - to work together to protect our air.