Hamza Akouayri
Class: 600
Robyn Conner
Date
Air Pollution Air pollution has been a big issue in the entire world. Air pollution occurs when the air includes dust, fumes or gases. Air pollution is the accumulation of hazardous substances into the atmosphere. These substances that cause air pollution are called pollutants. In effect air pollution is one of the biggest problems, which are threatening people and earth. People breathe in polluted air. Every second people inhale, they take dirty air into their bodies. air pollution can exist inside homes, schools and other buildings. This polluted air comes from different sources like power plants, cars, buses, trucks, factories, etc. Air pollution does not only influence air, but it also threatens the health of people and is demolishing the ozone layer that saves people from ultra-violet radiation. The goals of many developing countries are to find solutions and to educate their society about this problem that is going to destroy the world, and it is affecting everyone today. So far many countries have been proposing solutions to solve this problem to keep the future more save. For countries, it is very important to know the source, effects, and solution of air pollution to make their countries a better place to live.
The Source of air Pollution The source of air pollution is different from country to country, but every country contributes to air pollution in its own way. It also is different from source to source, but the major sources of air pollution are transportation engines, power generation, and the burning of solid waste. For example, in Kabul the capital of Afghanistan, the people are forced to fire the plastics, to cut the trees for heating the houses in the cold seasons like winter and the end of spring and there are some people who use wood for cooking, as well the electricity shortage has influenced the air through the utilization of power dynamos and
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