Our air quality now suffers from the effects of pollutants emitted directly from our cars.

我们的空气质量一直受到汽车排放的影响。

As a pollutant, their impact is much lower than less tangible menaces.

作为，它们的影响远远些不么显眼的威胁。

So, the Consumer Product Safety Commission asked the EPA about the effects of pollutants like nitrogen dioxide.

因此，消费品安全委员会向美国保局询问二氧化氮等的影响。

To exacerbate the pollutants from all these vehicles, there are seven existing coal-fired power plants and five more planned plants all within a 100-kilometer radius of the city.

在所有这些车辆产生的之外，在该市 100 公里的半径范围内，现有的 7 座燃煤电厂和另外 5 座计划中的电厂都加剧了带来的境影响。

A rise in pollutants would also affect water and soil quality due to acid deposition, which can occur in the form of acid rain, snow, fog, or even dust.

由酸沉降，的增加也会影响水和土壤质量，它可能以酸雨、雪、雾甚至灰尘的形式出现。

All this time I'd focused on the long-term environmental risk when I should have been up in arms about the immediate health impact of pollutants in the air.

一直以来，我都在关注长期的境风险，而我本应该对空气中对健康的直接影响持反对态度。