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This article from SPMB Questions. I try to translate it. About two-thirds of the world's population is expected to live in cities by the year 2020 and, according to the United Nations, approximately 33.7 billion people will inhabit urban areas some ten years later. As cities grow, so does the number of buildings that characterize them: office towers, factories, shopping malls, and high-rise apartment buildings. These structures depend on artificial ventilation systems to keep clean and cool air flowing to the people inside. We know these systems by the term 'air-conditioning'. Although many of us may feel air-conditioners bring relief from hot, or polluted outside air, they pose many potential health hazards. Much research has looked at how the circulation of air inside a closed environment - such as an office building - can spread disease or expose occupants to harmful chemicals. One of the more widely publicized dangers is that of Legionnaire's disease, which was firs...