Sci/275 Atmospheric Issues Research Paper

Atmospheric Issues

SCI/275
August 25, 2013
Professor Ed Mata

Atmospheric Issues
In today’s society there is much pollution that can cause an individual to become very sick or death can occur from the many atmospheric issues such as ozone depletion in our society. There are many things that contribute to ozone depletion in our atmosphere as well as indoor pollution such as radon which can cause certain cancers and certain deaths. There is also a lot of indoor air pollution which can cause the same issues to an individual’s health. The indoor air pollution I will explain is radon can affect anyone in their homes by only inhaling or ingesting radon can harm an individual’s body. I will explain these two pollutions such as
Radon seeps through the ground and enters buildings, where it can amass to high dangerous levels. Only ingesting and inhaled harms the body. The effects of radon by The National Research Council of the National Academy of Science that residential exposure to radon causes 12 percent of all lung cancers between 15,000 and 22,000 lung cancers annually. Cigarette smokers are at the highest risk from radon exposure. About 90% of radon-related cancers occur from current and former smokers. (2000-2013, John Whiley &Sons) There have been many efforts to lessen or stop these forms of pollutants such as ozone depletion in our atmosphere from happening as well as indoor air pollution such as radon from polluting our indoor air quality of life to make it safe in our home to live is by making sure our ozone depletion is safe by our United States government in 1978, which was the world’s largest user of CFCs, banned the use of CFCs, banned the use of CFC propellants in products such as antiperspirants and hair sprays. Although, is helped most countries did not follow our lead, and propellants represented only a small portion of CFCs. Industrial companies that manufacture CFCs quickly developed substitutes, such as hydroflourocarbons (HFCs) and hydrochloroflourocarbons (HFCs). HFCs do not attack
The study says that CFCs are not the blame for global warming since the 1970s and not carbon dioxide, according to a researcher from the University of Waterloo in a controversial new study published in the International Journal of Modern Physics. The article does say that shows newer data observed in the Industrial revolution that convincingly shows that conventional understanding is wrong. A professor Qing-Bin Lu, says, “In fact data shows that CFCs conspiring with cosmic rays caused both the polar zone hole and global warming.” Most theories say that expect CO2 levels will continue to rise, as they have since 1850. Since 2002, global temperatures have actually declined- matching a decline in CFCs in the atmosphere. (www.Sciencedaily.com) I found a recent article from the AGA Today from the University of Georgia, which says that radon exposure causes more deaths then drunk driving. This article says it the number one cause of lung cancer attributed to 21,000 deaths per year. This statistics have left one Athens family wondering if a premature death from radon is the cause of this young woman’s lung cancer. They are urging other families in Georgia to protect them and get their homes tested for radon. In the first quarter of 2012, the UGA Radon Education Program distributed 1,649 radon test kits.