We need to breath so that we can all live,
And yet our lungs are not a perfect sieve;
So why is it that people still deny:
Pollution in the air can make you die.
Small particles suspended in the air,
Are something of which we should be aware;
Ozone is deadly when low in the sky,
Pollution in the air can make you die.
By measuring the health of senior folk,
Research has shown pollutants ain’t no joke;
There is no doubt, they have removed the why:
Pollution in the air can make you die.
Statistically what else can be said,
The air you breath could leave you feeling dead;
The national standards
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