Effects‚ and Controls of Air Pollution Air pollution depending upon which source you use is broken down in a couple of ways. No matter how you look at it though‚ air pollution is still air pollution and it is both harmful to humans and the environment. One source breaks air pollution down into two categories or seven primary and two secondary pollutant types (Wright & Boorse‚ 2008‚ p. 487). The primary pollutants can more easily be broken down into four types of pollution which are based upon the
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Asthma and air pollution What is Asthma? Asthma is a chronic disease that affects the air passages of the lungs. It´s characterized by recurrent attacks of wheezing and loss of breath. These episodes or attacks can happen many times a day‚ a week or when exposed to certain substances or in specific physical activity. The World Health Organization estimates that around the world about 300 million people suffer asthma‚ the majority children. In fact it is consider the most common chronic disease
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Axia College Material Appendix D Air Pollution Chart After reviewing Ch. 8 and 9 of your text‚ complete the following table‚ and then respond to the questions that follow: Issue Sources Health/Environmental Effects Carbon dioxide (CO2) Combustion of fossil fuels such as coal‚ oil‚ gas in power plants‚ automobiles and industrial facilities. Reduces bloods ability to transport oxygen; headaches and fatigue‚ mental impairment or death at high levels. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) Human
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Cincinnati Water and Air Pollution Plan April 1‚ 2007 Air and water pollution has long been a concern in the major cities of the United States but our concern should not end there. Other cities and even small towns are suffering from the effects of pollution. Cincinnati‚ Ohio is a city with very poor air and water quality from pollution so a plan is needed to reverse these effects and restore health to the ecosystem and human life. The term air pollution is used quite often‚ but what
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Air Pollution and Global Warming SCI 275 Cheryl Wilson September 30‚ 2012 Tori Robinson Air pollution causes global warming through the greenhouse effect‚ according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The greenhouse effect occurs when greenhouse gases trap and heat energy from the sun and prevent it from escaping Earth’s atmosphere and entering space.” (EPA‚ 2012) Atmospheric pollutions are caused by gasses and solid particulates released into the atmosphere. The most hazard atmospheric
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Axia College Material Appendix D Air Pollution Chart After reviewing Ch. 8 and 9 of your text‚ complete the following table‚ then respond to the questions that follow: |Issue |Sources |Health/Environmental Effects | |Carbon dioxide (CO2) |automobiles |Affects the breathing of people with the carbon that a car puts| | |
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of Air Pollution on Human Health Yinghua Cui English 151B - 11 Instructor Terry Taskey May 2‚ 2012 The Effect of Air Pollution on Human Health With the booming of science and technology‚ pollution has aroused wide public concern. Industrial civilization creates tremendous fortune. At the same time‚ automobile exhaust ‚ the burning of waste‚ and a multitude of waste gas is discharged into the atmosphere. Humans live depend on air. Therefore‚ it is undeniable that air pollution
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Recent air pollution rise in delhi heavy smog enveloped New Delhi last November. One year later‚ levels of particulate matter have hit nearly 20 times what the government considers a standard for health. Inhalable waste in the form of particulate matter 10‚ or PM10‚ hit 1‚940 micrograms per cubic meter in the city whereas The Delhi Pollution Control Committee’s standard for healthy conditions is 100 micrograms per cubic meter or lower. Air quality often deteriorates during the Diwali festival‚
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The Governments contribution to regulate air pollution The United States Government has enacted many polices to help recognize the major causes of air pollution today and what people can do to help clean the air. People finally have the ability to understand more reasonable responses to environmental contaminants and they provide a window into the impacts that the human race is having on the earth. One of the main causes of air pollution is manufacturing due to particular matter and chemicals
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Air Pollution Causing Global Warming This paper presents the causes and effects of air pollution. Other stratospheric research is concerned with the downward trends in global ozone that have recently been measured over populated regions in the mid altitudes. The author focuses on the various factors associated with global warming. From the Paper: "Air pollution is any visible or invisible substance found in the air that is not part of the normal composition of air. Some air pollution is
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