Ozone

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Ozone (chemical formula O₃) is a compound of oxygen that contains three oxygen atoms. It is produced in the Earth's stratosphere when ultraviolet radiation causes diatomic oxygen (O₂) to dissociate into two single oxygen atoms (O). The oxygen atoms then react with an O₂ to produce O₃.

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Increased levels of ozone may increase death from respiratory, but not cardiovascular causes.^[1]

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↑ Jerrett M, Burnett RT, Pope CA, et al (March 2009). "Long-term ozone exposure and mortality". N. Engl. J. Med. 360 (11): 1085–95. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa0803894. PMID 19279340. Research Blogging.

[pmid19279340-1] Jerrett M, Burnett RT, Pope CA, et al (March 2009). "Long-term ozone exposure and mortality". N. Engl. J. Med. 360 (11): 1085–95. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa0803894. PMID 19279340. Research Blogging.

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