Ozone pollution increases risk of lung disease, study shows

Air quality and concentrations of ozone can have an effect on people's health, results of environmental analysis have revealed.

Scientists from the University of California and Berkley reported that those who live in areas with high concentrations of ozone are 25 to 30 per cent more likely to die of respiratory illnesses than those living with cleaner air.

However, although those living in hot, dry cities are most at risk from lung disease, ozone has no connection heart disease mortality rates, the experts furthered.

This is the first report of its kind connecting chronic expose to levels of ozone.

The information, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, also suggested that safety standards for ozone levels need to be reconsidered.

According to the Sofia Echo, new environmental analysis has discovered that the air quality in Bulgaria is among the worst in the EU when it comes to pollution.