In polluted urban areas, they also enhance production of ozone, a key ingredient of smog that is potentially toxic to animal and plant life.

在受污染的市区，他们还促进臭氧的产生，臭氧是对动物和植物生命有潜在毒性的烟雾的关键成分。

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We had already reduced toxic air pollution from chemical plants by 90 percent, and had set tough standards to reduce smog and soot that would prevent millions of cases of childhood asthma.

我们已将化工厂排放的有毒气体减少了90%，并且已经制定了严格的标准来减少导致成百万例儿童哮喘的煤烟。

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There was smog, which I knew was toxic.

有大雾，我知道那是有毒的。

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Environmental concerns dominate the media in China as newspapers warn of the dangers of toxic smog and polluted underground water.

BBC: China media: Pollution strikes again

As Muscovites choked in toxic smog and morgues struggled to cope with a doubling of the death rate, Russia's president attempted to redirect public anger towards local officials, long stripped of independent power by the Kremlin.

ECONOMIST: Russia��s wildfires

Beijing Daily and the South China Morning Post report that residents in Beijing are advised to stay indoors as much as possible in the next few days as toxic smog hits the capital again for the fourth time in a month.

BBC: China round-up: Anti-corruption drive