air Pollution

Deadly Ozone From Drive-thru Mania

These drive-thru window services contribute to smog, emissions, noise pollution, air Pollution, pollution within the store itself as employees at the window are constantly breathing in exhaust fumes. They add to our obesity problem creating a lazy society. They congest the parking lots creating line ups adding to even more idling vehicles. Scientists have estimated that 50,000 to 100,000 deaths per year are associated with air Pollution, a very disturbing reality. Regarding the ozone layer, 90% of ozone is good ozone however the remaining 10% is regarded as bad ozone and occurs at ground level as a pollutant. It’s called ground level ozone pollution. Vehicle exhaust, solvents, industrial emissions and gasoline vapours are some of the major sources of bad ozone.