Air Pollution Nikki Smith SCI/275 10/05/2010 Did you know that certain human activities are the primary source of pollution? Pollution can be caused by numerous things rather they are living or non living. In order to ensure that air pollution does not get out of control; a plan will need to be put in to motion. Air Pollution is another major problem that has not be resolved. It is known that an issue of the magnitude like air pollution cannot be resolved over night. It is stated that
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Air Pollution Nicole Ergler Axia University of Phoenix Robert Orben once said “There ’s so much pollution in the air now that if it weren ’t for our lungs there ’d be no place to put it all.” Did one ever think of how much pollution they are breathing in every day? Does one ever realize in what ways they are contributing to air pollution?Air pollution is environmentally a global catastrophe. However‚ the human population does not have the correct knowledge of how to help the environment from
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Caused By Air Pollution Some people think that air pollution is not harming the earth or the people‚ but it is doing worse‚ by killing the earth and getting people sick. "Air pollutants‚" according to Gay‚ "are known to cause respiratory diseases‚ cancer‚ and other serious illnesses" (12). Air pollution not only threatens the health and life of humans but also causes damage to the environment (Gay 13). First‚ air pollution causes a great deal of health problems. Wanting clean air is a good
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situation is caused by garbage from industrial zones‚ car exhaust and large population. The purpose of this essay is to analyze these three main causes of pollution in HCM city. The first and immediate cause of pollution in HCM city is the waste from industrial zones. There’re so much industrial zones that make the water dirty‚ make the air polluted with foul odor. For example‚ almost rivers in HCM city are being polluted‚ a black covers all these rivers. Although the Government has some solutions
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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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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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Better Air Quality in Asian and Pacific Rim Cities (BAQ 2002) 16 Dec 2002 – 18 Dec 2002‚ Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) Air Quality Management in Pakistani Cities: Trends and Challenges Dr. Noman Fazal Qadir Chief Executive GET & Joint Secretary ARUP Islamabad‚ PAKISTAN email get@isb.paknet.com.pk ABSTRACT: As impact of airborne pollution been widely recognized‚ its management is considered as an important component in controlling AQ in the Asian Context. Important parameters
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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 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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