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Is smog an air pollutant

Updated: 8/10/2023
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Both the classic London smog (sulfur dioxide, fog and particulates) and the present photochemical smog (ozone, PAHs, hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxides oxides) are air pollution resulting from primary air emissions like hydrocarbons, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides.

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No, it is not. Smog is a pollutant.

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