Along with harming human health‚ air pollution can cause a variety of environmental effects: Acid rain is precipitation containing harmful amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids. These acids are formed primarily by nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. These acids fall to the Earth either as wet precipitation (rain‚ snow‚ or fog) or dry precipitation (gas and particulates). Some are carried by the wind‚ sometimes hundreds of miles. In the environment
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10. Air pollution (global warming) Environmental Protection Our planet Earth is only a tiny part of the universe‚ but nowadays it’s the only place where we can live. People always polluted their surroundings. But until now pollution was not such a serious problem. People lived in rural areas and did not produce such amount of polluting agents that would cause a dangerous situation in global scale. With the development of overcrowded industrial highly developed cities‚ which put huge amounts
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AIR POLLUTION CONTROL IN INDIA 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 first law against air pollution was passed in 1873. Air pollution can be classified broadly in two types: 1) Urban * Industrialization * Vehicles The increasing number of vehicles and industries constitute
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Actions against Air Pollution Air pollution has become a major topic of interest over the past years. The amount of air pollution plays a key element in many health problems we are faced with on a daily basis. Not only does pollution have an effect on the people‚ but it affects all of humanity. Some believe that we cannot erase the damage pollution has already done to the Earth‚ but there are many ways we can change our lifestyles to ensure a better future for our planet. Over the last decade
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severely high level of air pollution. This pollution is caused by emissions from road traffic‚ industries‚ and the energy sector. In 2005‚ over 200 cities in Ukraine exceeded the levels established by the World Bank health standards for annual concentrations of at least one pollutant. Nineteen cities exceeded health standards for three or more pollutants by at least a factor of 10. In comparison‚ the air pollution levels in the Los Angeles area‚ which has the worst overall air quality in the United
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Air pollution is one of the most critical environmental problems today. Every day‚ the air in the atmosphere is becoming increasingly polluted‚ and toxic for human consumption. Pollution not only harms the environment but also poses a threat to human health. According to world health organization‚ air pollution has been linked to almost seven million deaths in one out of every eight people. In fact‚ several people are developing detrimental illnesses‚ a difficulty breathing‚ lung cancer and various
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Reducing Air and Water Pollution Reducing air and water pollution is always a challenge. Even in a smaller city like Enterprise‚ Alabama. So many things seem out of our control; however if everyone was to do their part‚ even if it’s just a small change‚ it can make a big difference. So many luxuries we have in our lives we take for granted‚ and so many pollutants we put into the atmosphere and our ground water without thought. I want to show that in a small town like Enterprise that does
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Air Pollution Index (API) is the conversion of ambient respirable suspended particulates (RSP)‚ sulphur dioxide (SO2)‚ carbon monoxide (CO)‚ ozone (O3) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentration measured at the air quality monitoring network to a scale of 0 to 500. The lower the level‚ the better quality of air we can breathe. If the index is above 100‚ there will be an adverse acute health effect to human. The number of days which had a record of API 100 or above keeps increasing these years‚ which
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The global warming is now becoming a serious concern to the world. One of the main reasons of this problem is human activities; they pollute their surrounding environment like noise‚ land‚ water‚ and air. This essay will illustrate three important ways to cut down air pollution. The first necessary way to solve this problem is to reduce the using of vehicles. People should change from travel by their own car or motorbike to travel by public transportation such as taxies‚ buses‚ or trains. Likely
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Air pollution Name: Sean Lim Class: 1E HAZE IN MALAYSIA KUALA LUMPUR — The haze situation in Malaysia has improved significantly as air pollutant index (API) levels drop in Port Klang and in other areas in Selangor as well as in Perak. The highest API for the 7am reading today (June 26) is 148 at Nilai in Negeri Sembilan. Port Klang’s API dropped from the hazardous levels of 487 yesterday to 140 this morning. Meanwhile‚ Kuala Lumpur’s API reading stands at 100
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