Chinese, LA, London, Rome, Melbourne Pollution - What Goes Around, Comes Around

Article is about how Asian pollution circles the globe but same holds for urban centers around the world. Coal-fired pollution from the US mid-west poisons lakes in New York. Dust and pollution from West Africa damages coral reefs in Virgin Islands. There is no "away" to throw things to! Away is here.

clipped from earthobservatory.nasa.gov Pollution from Asia Circles Globe at Stratospheric Heights Once in the stratosphere, the pollutants circulate around the globe for several years. Some eventually descend back into the lower atmosphere, while others break apart. "This is a vivid example of pollutants altering our atmosphere in subtle and far-reaching ways," Randel says