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From the Knox News Sentinel: According to a 2008 Asthma and Allergy Foundation report, Knoxville is the asthma capital of the world - in great measure due to the poor air quality in East Tennessee. Ozone and particulate matter are the two major agents that spark bad-air days in the area. Sources like automobiles and coal-fired power plants - which spew sulfates, nitrates, carbon, dust and smoke - combine with heat and sunlight to produce pollution in the form of ground-level ozone. That's why the warmer months of May through September generally produce the worst air quality in East Tennessee. More...