C. Arden Pope

C. Arden Pope is a scientist who studied the health effects of air pollution. He wanted to find out how breathing polluted air affects people's health. He collected data, which is like information collected from different studies, and used it to figure out if and how air pollution affects people. His research showed that people who live in areas with a lot of air pollution are more likely to get sick and have health problems like asthma, lung cancer, and heart disease. He showed that when air pollution goes down, people's health tends to get better.