Air pollution

You could go days without food and hours without water, but you would last only a few minutes without air. On average, each of us breathes over 2,000 gallons of air each day. You must have air to live. However, did you know that breathing polluted air can make you sick (EPA) environment protection agency? Although we need our factories to produce our products and transportation to get place to place air pollution has a great deal on our industrialization that leads to many hazardous effects. An example is congress has identified over 188 of these pollutants, including substances that cause cancer, neurological, respiratory, and reproductive effects. (National Overview) Generally any substance that people introduce in the atmosphere that has damaging effects on living things and the environment is considered air pollution. (National Geographic) I propose that air pollution is a serious problem in our environment that’s leads to many issues that needs to be control because we may not be able to stop but we sure enough can minimize the substances that we release into our air. According to NRDC did you know that just alone in the outdoor, air pollution is associated with over one million deaths and countless illnesses each year across the globe? “Natural Resource Defense Council” issue is that they want all children to be able to play outside without fear of asthma attacks or stunted lung growth and for all communities to enjoy safe and healthy air quality. In reality what we don’t know is that while we releasing these substances in the air (toxins) what we actually releasing is cancer. In 2010, the World Health Organization stated lung cancer resulting from air pollution took the lives of 223,000 people worldwide. As pollution levels climb, so will the rate of cancer and deaths. Air pollution is the name for the mixture of substances in the atmosphere (the air around us that we breathe). Air pollution can cause health problems, by inhaling particles,