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

我们空气质量一直受到汽车排放污染物影响。

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.

沉降，污染物增加也会影响水和土壤质量，它可能以雨、雪、雾甚至灰尘形式现。

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污染物之外，在该市 100 公里半径范围内，现有 7 煤电厂和另外 5 计划中电厂都加剧了污染物带来环境影响。

Teresa, you wrote in your article about how these contaminants could affect lungs.

特蕾莎，你在文章中提到过这些污染物对肺部影响。

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.

所有这段时间，我一直关注长期环境风险，却忽视了空气中污染物对健康即时影响。

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

作为污染物，它们影响远远小那些不那么显眼威胁。