I am Pesky Particulate, a small particle of smoke or dust in the air. I may be so small that you cannot see me unless I am traveling on the wind with many other particles. I can soil clothes, buildings, and the air. I also can carry harmful chemicals into the lungs of people and animals.
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I am Lumpy Lead, a metallic element found in some gasolines and in the soil and air around smelters and battery factories. If there is enough of me, I can cause brain damage, cramping, and anemia, especially in young children.
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My name is Nasty Nitrogen Oxide. You can tell who I am because of my yellow-brown color. I am caused by fuels burned by cars, electric power plants, and other large industrial plants. If enough of me escapes into the air, I can cause a stinking brown haze that shuts out the sunlight. I also can damage plants and metals or harm people's lungs.
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I am known as Odious Ozone. Although I am invisible by myself, when I get together with other pollutants, we can form smog. I am caused by a combination of sunlight and chemicals. In cities, these chemicals come mainly from automobile exhausts and industrial and power plants. If there is enough of me, I can hurt plants or make it hard for people to breathe.
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My name is Cranky Carbon Monoxide. You can't see or smell me, but I can be a dangerous pollutant. I am present wherever fuels are burned and come mainly from automobile exhausts. If there is enough of me in one place, I can make people tired or dizzy or give them headaches.
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I am Smelly Sulfur Dioxide. Your nose can alert you that I am around because of my strong smell. I come out of the smokestacks of power plants and factories and where coal and fuel oil are burned. If there is enough of me, I can irritate eyes, nose, and lungs, eat away iron and steel, turn leaves of plants yellow, and make air hazy.
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My name is Terrible Toxics. I am hard to identify because I represent so many different toxic airborne chemicals. I might be arsenic, asbestos, benzene, beryllium, mercury, or vinyl chloride. I may mix with other chemicals to cause air pollution problems. Sometimes if there is a lot of exposure to me, people may have to take special precautions to be sure they are safe.
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I am Awful Asbestos, a kind of particulate that comes from minerals. You can find me in thousands of different kinds of materials, like ceilings, roofs, floor tiles, insulation, and even car brakes. As long as these materials aren't crumbled, I'm not dangerous. But when they get crumbled. My microscopic fibers float out into the air we breathe. If you breathe me, you could get lung cancer.
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