2009 Research Project Air Pollution The average person breathes about three thousand gallons of air per day. Imagine if that air was dirty? Most of us take for granted the air we breathe‚ and don’t even realize that we are breathing in toxins. Most of us aren’t even aware of how polluted the air is and how unhealthy it can be for the average person to breathe it in. It can make breathing difficult for some people and it affects all living things. Air pollution is a major problem in the
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Air Pollution is a 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. Air pollution is responsible for major health effects. Every year‚ the health of countless people is ruined or endangered by air pollution. Studies have shown that over 50‚000 people were killed annually in the United States alone from air pollution
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Air pollution affects health in many ways with both short-term and long-term effects. Different groups of individuals are affected by air pollution in various ways - Some individuals are much more sensitive than others. People with health problems such as asthma‚ heart and lung disease also suffer more when the air is polluted. Some chemicals are more dangerous than others. They harm people in different ways (Health impacts‚ nd). New research found smog in Christchurch air pollution thickens
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think about air pollution‚ they usually think about smog‚ acid rain‚ CFC ’s‚ and other forms of outdoor air pollution. The health of many people is affected by chemical substances present in the air within buildings. We chose this topic to be more aware about air pollution these days because it is more harmful to our health. To know some idea on how to handle air pollution and the importance of protecting the environment. An expression implying that we live because we breathe. Fresh air is the phase
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Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals‚ particulate matter‚ or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms‚ or cause damage to the natural environment or built environment‚ into the atmosphere. The atmosphere is a complex dynamic natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletiondue to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health as well as to the Earth’s ecosystems. Indoor
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the air that you are breathing may be killing you … well‚ no need to Imagine as this is the ugly truth. Air pollution is an intractable problem that we have noticed since the industrial revolution and it has increased over the years to become one of our time’s biggest issues. While some air pollution is a result of natural causes such as volcanic eruptions‚ most is caused by human activities. The first major cause of air pollution is car exhausts which lead to about 50 % of the total air pollution
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Title : AIR POLUTION Air Pollution is anything that goes into the air that is harmful. Most air pollution is manmade. The largest contributor to air pollution is the burning of fossil fuels such as gas and coal. Air pollution can also be said is the accumulation in the atmosphere of substances that‚ in sufficient concentrations‚ endanger human health or produce other measured effects on living matter and other materials. Among the major sources of air pollution are power and heat generation
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Sources of air pollution refer to the various locations‚ activities or factors which are responsible for the releasing of pollutants in the atmosphere. These sources can be classified into two major categories which are: Anthropogenic sources (human activity) mostly related to burning different kinds of fuel • "Stationary Sources" as smoke stacks of power plants‚ manufacturing facilities‚ municipal waste incinerators. Power plant is also used to refer to the engine in ships‚ aircraft and other
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Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability‚ disorder‚ harm or discomfort to theecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms.[1] Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy‚ such as noise‚ heat‚ or light. Pollutants‚ the elements of pollution‚ can be foreign substances or energies‚ or naturally occurring; when naturally occurring‚ they are considered contaminants when they exceed natural levels. Indoor & Outdoor Air Pollution
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the extreme air pollution that blankets most of China. Because of China’s air pollution that has been a constant problem over the past few decades and has been making living in China “uncomfortable”. The air pollution has several effects including declining public health and up to 1.6 million deaths per year. That is about 4383 deaths per day‚ 1.4 times the number of casualties on 9/11. The reasons for death from air pollution includes lung cancer and breathing difficulties The pollution has been caused
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