{"id":227032,"date":"2026-06-04T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/wildfires-are-reversing-americas-progress-on-ozone-pollution-the-main-ingredient-in-smog\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T19:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:05:12","slug":"wildfires-are-reversing-americas-progress-on-ozone-pollution-the-main-ingredient-in-smog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/wildfires-are-reversing-americas-progress-on-ozone-pollution-the-main-ingredient-in-smog\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfires are reversing America\u2019s progress on ozone pollution, the main ingredient in smog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/wildfires-are-reversing-americas-progress-on-ozone-pollution-the-main-ingredient-in-smog-284496\">Wildfires are reversing America\u2019s progress on ozone pollution, the main ingredient in smog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/wildfires-are-reversing-americas-progress-on-ozone-pollution-the-main-ingredient-in-smog-284496\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/wildfires-are-reversing-americas-progress-on-ozone-pollution-the-main-ingredient-in-smog-284496<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-04 14:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recent progress in reducing surface ozone pollution in the United States has been overshadowed by a growing source of ozone pollution from wildfires.<\/li>\n<li>Wildfires have reversed the trend of declining surface ozone levels, leading to an increase in ozone levels since 2015.<\/li>\n<li>The gases from wildfires have contributed to an increase in the number of ozone-related premature deaths by approximately 300 annually since 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Ground-level ozone used to decline steadily until 2015, but it has since risen, 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