“With this illuminating volume, Broomfield brings readers on a ‘theoretical journey through the atmosphere’ in accessible and sometimes wry prose. Broomfield’s helpful look at the air up there, thanks to its breezy tone and solid insights, will make the links between pollution and health both tangible and intriguing to a general audience.”

– Publishers Weekly

"A fascinating read."

– Professor Duncan Laxen, Associate of Air Quality Consultants

"Written in an easily accessible style yet gets across important facts about the world and what we are doing to it."

– Peter Wadhams, author of A Farewell to Ice

"Just the breath of fresh air needed to lift the fog on atmospheric sciences."

– Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change, University of Leeds

Broomfield...reminds readers that before global warming caused by greenhouse gases became a universal preoccupation, scientists studying the atmosphere worried about air pollution. Most greenhouse gases are not poisonous. This is definitely not the case with pollutants, which cause as many premature deaths as smoking. The good news is that, unlike the case with global warming, the battle against air pollution has seen genuine progress…A useful primer on the science of air pollution.

– Kirkus Review