Sentences with phrase «like urban air pollution»

But the same groups also protest environmental norms and taxes for more obvious, short term problems like urban air pollution.

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Gary Cohen, president and founder of the Massachusetts - based nonprofit Health Care Without Harm, said in a telephone interview that the risks of climate change to both the health of U.S. citizens and the U.S. health care delivery system is profound, particularly in urban areas, where warming average temperatures are exacerbated by the heat island effect and high concentrations of other air pollution like ozone and particulate matter.

People struggle to prioritise such risks when set against everyday concerns that are much more real and pressing, like poverty, hunger, air and water pollution, and urban congestion.

Although air pollution levels are generally higher in large, urban areas like Detroit, its generally safe to run anywhere unless theres a smog alert, says Dr. Roberts.