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Scientists have discovered an alarming new side ef

Scientists have discovered an alarming new side effect of air pollution: ‘We had not thought about this before’

Insects typically find their mates by heavily relying on pheromones –– chemicals that allow males and females to locate each other and mate. 
These pheromones are distinctive to males and females of a species, and in the case of flies, they are being disrupted and degraded by the pervasive increase of ozone in the air, which is a result of air pollution. 
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany discovered these effects by developing an experiment that mimicked ozone levels similar to what is measured during the summertime in cities.

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