Air Pollution Are you doing everything you can do to live a long and healthy life‚ eating healthy‚ exercising? Well that might not be enough‚ everyday the air you breathe can reduce life expectancy by 2 to 3 years; and an estimated total number of 6.3 million deaths caused by air pollution (Air Pollution kills). Air pollution has been going on for years and takes many forms‚ it is harming our environment and killing us slowly; in order to solve this problem the people of the world need to start
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causes air pollution and why is it bad? Well‚ many things can cause air pollution‚ but most air pollution comes from motor vehicles like cars; burning wastes; industry and power plants; and heating buildings. Natural disasters‚ like forest fires and volcano eruptions‚ can cause air pollution‚ too. Whenever fossil fuels are burned‚ like when gasoline burns inside a car engine‚ pollutants like dust‚ soot‚ carbon dioxide‚ and sulfur oxide can fill up the surrounding air. Exposure to air pollution can
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Air Pollution To understand pollution of air‚ some knowledge of the atmosphere is required. Atmosphere is a layer consisting of a few gases surrounding the planet earth and is vital for the survival of life on earth. The atmosphere protects earth from abrupt temperature fluctuations from the powerful ultra violet radiation coming from the sun. The atmosphere is made up of nitrogen 78%‚oxygen 21%‚argon 0.9%‚carbon dioxideo0.03% and small amount of trace gases ‚helium ‚neon‚ krypton‚ xenon‚ hydrogen
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Air Pollution Air is the most important element of life. For some ’air pollution‚’ let us give thanks. Dust and other particles in the atmosphere serve as nuclei about which raindrops form. But man has overloaded the sky. For centuries he has pumped particulate matter and gases into the atmosphere. As far back as 1661‚ a tract on air pollution was published in England: Fumifugium: or the Inconvenience of the Aer and Smoake of London Dissipated. Today much of the world suffers from the eye-smarting
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Effects of Air Pollution in the Environment Air pollution is the unwanted change in quality of the earth’satmosphere caused by the emission of gases and of particulates‚ which are small particles‚ which are small particles of solid matter or droplets of liquid. Polluted air adversely affects the health of human beings‚ animals‚ and plants; it soils damages building and other property; and its reduces visibility endangering travel by air and on the ground. Air pollutants
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Air Pollution CFish Mr. Nollen Biology 2B 8 May‚ 1996 The Problem Contamination of the atmosphere by gaseous‚ liquid‚ or solid wastes or by-products that can endanger human health and the health and welfare of plants and animals‚ or can attack materials‚ reduce visibility‚ or produce undesirable odors. Among air pollutants emitted by natural sources‚ only the radioactive gas radon is recognized as a major health threat. A byproduct of the radioactive decay of uranium minerals in certain kinds
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Effects of Air pollution: There are different kinds of negative and harmful effects of air pollution. The effects of air pollution are described below. 1. Global warming: Air pollution causes global warming in a great scale. With increased temperatures world wide‚ increase in sea levels and melting of ice from colder regions and icebergs‚ displacement and loss of habitat have already signaled an impending disaster if actions for preservation and normalization aren’t undertaken soon. 2. Causes
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Air Pollution in the World OUTLINE I. Nowadays air pollution became very important problem in our world. II. Air pollution is caused by 3 factors. a. Factories b. Cars c. Human activities III. These three main problems listed above cause huge effects on our planet. a. Global warming b. Acid rains c. Health problems IV. Regarding all the factors and the problems they cause‚ we should start changing our world.
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Air pollution has become one of the most important concerns of the local authorities of Latin- American cities. Bogotá‚ like as other urban centers in South America such as Sao Paulo‚ Mexico City and Santiago de Chile‚ shows significant levels of air pollution‚ levels that may represent a high risk for the population’s health and certainly a reduction in the quality of life of its inhabitants. Bogotá‚ capital of Colombia‚ is one of the largest cities of Latin America; with a population of around
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industrialized‚ and in a world where more people can afford to drive cars‚ air pollution is becoming a very big problem. While there are those who would debate whether or not our air pollution is causing global warming‚ versus the earth ’s natural warming process since the last Ice Age. Definitive proof may or may not be found anytime soon. What is certain‚ however‚ is that there are confirmed problems caused by air pollution. These problems include respiratory problems and they also include problems
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