Night Games in Sports Stadiums and Street Lighting Can Cause Spike in Daytime Ozone Air Pollution

Brightly-lit Cowboys Stadium during Sunday's Super Bowl XLV may symbolize one of the hottest new pieces of scientific intelligence about air pollution: Researchers have discovered -- in a classic case of scientific serendipity -- that the bright light from sports stadiums and urban street lights may boost daytime levels of ozone, a key air pollutant in many heavily populated areas.

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