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New York City covered in a shroud of smog on a summer day. Pollution is the introduction of harmful contaminants into air, water or soil. These contaminants can have dire effects on entire ecosystems, making life more difficult for humans, plants and animals. Children and the elderly are particularly susceptible to the health effects from these toxins.
The term smog was coined in the early 20th Century by combining the words smoke and fog. Smog is a form of air pollution which highly reduces visibility on land. Smog is primarily produced as a result of industry and automobile generated air pollution and is a common occurrence in many industrial and urban areas of the world today. Smog adversely affects life in these areas, creating visibility constraints, respiratory troubles and other ill effects on the health of people, plants and animals inhabiting the area.