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Atmospheric Issues Appendix L
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SCI /275
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Instructor Axia College Material
Appendix L
Air Pollution Chart
After reviewing Ch. 8 and 9 of your text, complete the following table, then respond to the questions that follow:
Issue Sources Health/Environmental Effects
Carbon dioxide (CO
) Industries and Motor
Reduces your bloods ability to move oxygen
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Vehicles. throughout your body. Lower levels can cause fatigue and headaches. High levels cause death and mental impairment.
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) Propellants in spray
This can affect the ozone layer. Can cause skin cans and in cancer in humans and genetic damage in refrigeration units organisms. Ground-level oz one (O
) Emissions from
Damages vegetation and ecosystems. It leads to
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industrial facilities and reduced agricultural crop and commercial forest electric utilities, motor yields, reduced growth and survivability of tree vehicle exhaust, seedlings, and increased susceptibility to diseases, gasoline vapors, and pests and other stresses such as chemical solvents are harsh weather. In humans it can cause chest pain, some of the major coughing, throat irritation, and congestion. It can sources worsen bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma.
"Bad" ozone also can reduce lung function and inflame the linings of the lungs. Repeated exposure may permanently scar lung tissue
Sulfuric acid (H
SO
) The primary sources of
Sulfuric acid is very corrosive and would badly
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4 sulfuric acid emissions burn any plants, birds or land animals are the industries that exposed to it. Can severely burn the skin and eyes manufacture it or use it in humans. Repeated exposures may cause in production. Like permanent damage to the lungs and teeth. metal smelters, fertiliz er producers, oil refiners, the chemical industry, battery manufacturers, and manufacturers of electronic components.
Sulfuric acid occurs naturally in volcanic gases. Note
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