Air Pollution greatly affects our health and well-being on a global scale resulting in deaths and health difficulties for a great portion of the world population. The diseases that are a result of breathing in the toxic air are lung disease, heart disease, strokes, Asthma and cancer. As Kate Galbraith states, “Dirty air can cause lung damage as well as heart disease, strokes and cancer” (2). The air we breathe into our lungs is full of containments such as Carbon Dioxide emissions, greenhouse gases and other chemicals. Carbon Dioxide is the gas we exhale from our lungs and by breathing this gas into our lungs we shock our lungs. The disease mentioned before often lead to deaths in which the statistical data regarding that are astonishing. According to the World Health Organization, “Air pollution claimed seven million lives around the world in 2012” (1). This statistic reinforces the idea that air pollution is harmful to us. Seven million deaths is a large figure. Air pollution shortens our life spans, “At an average loss of life of 11.5 yrs,” (Mason, Rowena and Josh Halliday). Eleven and a half years is a significantly large portion of a persons’ life and many things can be accomplished during those 11.5 years but many people don’t have a chance to live those years because of the effects of air pollution. Air pollution is a silent killer and one that can be stopped.
Air pollution not only affects the health of the world population, but affects weather patterns over the Pacific Coast. Storms formed by the Pacific Ocean have strengthened over a period of time and the reason being is that the air pollution caused by many countries in Asia mostly, China changes the way storms are organized over the Pacific Ocean weather ...
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...osts of Air pollution From Agriculture Clarified”). Animal manure releases ammonia into our air and stays there until we breathe that air in. This animal manure pollutes the air along with carbon dioxide. The idea of breathing in ammonia from animal manure is disgusting. Although there is another source of air pollution and that is “the burning of noxious fuels- coal, wood and animal waste,” (Jacobs). Coal is a source of fuel for many purposes but it gives off fumes when it is burned for use. These fumes pollute the air even more. Coal, motor vehicles, wood burning and animal manure are powerful containments in the air. Be careful of what you breathe in, you never know what is in the air.
One might object that air pollution is an important issue that has to be resolved. One might argue this by claiming that costs of solutions for the problem are too high.
When we think of air pollution we think of the refineries in our cities and the exhaust coming from our cars mostly. In reality there are many more pollutants that we don't think about every day. The six most common air pollutants are; “Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen oxides, Sulphur oxides, Particulate matter, Volatile organic compounds, and Ground-level ozone (nitrogen oxide and Volatile organic compounds reaction)”(David Suzuki Foundation). The fact is people are dying from air pollution and we are doing nothing to make it better, in fact air pollution is getting worse.
That is why there have been various legislations drawn up to combat air pollution from past to present. It has been studied by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the Clean Air Act is an important act needed to reduce the extensive rates of morbidity and mortality,associated among groups such as children and suffers of chronic lung diseases. (Angvall,2009) From the constant revision for an amendment one would think clean air was a prioritized need and not a privilege to the people of this Nation. Not likely, the mere thought of saving the atmosphere has been taken for granted. On a day-to-day basis we are surrounded by pollution in the United States it maybe an old clunker emitting a trail of carbon monoxide from its tailpipe, a smoker taking his or her daily smoke break in their designated smoking area, or the town factory that just n...
When most people think about what is wrong with the environment, they can think of many things wrong with it. The amount of pollution that has either enter the air, land, or the ground. The amount of pollution within the air has been constantly been caused by humans doing a lot of activities that release a lot of carbon emissions. Activities such as deforestation of trees, the uses of automotive cars, and factories producing so much smog on a daily basis. With all of these activities, much of the air quality is poor and can cause many health problems for humans. As stated EPA, “Breathing polluted air can make your eyes and nose burn. It can irritate your throat and make breathing difficult” (EPA 4).
Pollutants are contaminants that enter and affect the natural environment which can cause negative changes. There are two main types of pollution, air and water, which occur from different sources and have different effects. Air pollution is the main cause of “dirty air” in the United States. Suburban areas suffer from outdoor air pollutants as well as indoor air pollutants. Indoor air pollutants are caused by the burning of coal and wood, which are used for heating. Outdoor air pollutants are caused by chimneys, in which smoke is released into the air, and crop fertilizers, which are generally used in rural areas. The impact air pollution has on humans are large cases of health defects in rural areas: such as cancer, tuberculosis, heart diseases, and low birth weights. J.P Majra, author of “Air Quality In Rural Areas” states that, “This leads various health problems, mainly affecting the respiratory and cardiovascular system...” (Majra, 2). This shows that if the United States alone uses this much fertilizer, in which affects our health, imagine how much the world will be affected. Kirk Smith, professor of environmental health sciences at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health states that ”nearly 10% of all lost-life years worldwide” has been due to air pollution (COEH
Pollution occurs in many different forms such as, air, water, soil, radioactive, noise, heat/thermal and light. People from all around the world experience different levels and effects of air pollution. Millions of Americans live in areas where urban smog, particle pollution, and toxic pollutants are serious health concerns. If exposed to high enough levels of certain air pollutants one can experience irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat. Wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and breathing difficulties are other fatal effects caused from air pollution. Air pollution is a problem for everyone and can only be fixed if everyone were to work together to help prevent it as much as
Air pollution is among the critical challenges facing modern societies and is one of the most pressing environing mental problems. Air pollution is accountable for major harmful effects on human strength, animal survives, natural ecosystems and the man-made environment. It is also responsible for climate change due to the improved greenhouse effect, acid rain, and the reduction of the ozone layer that inaugurate important global environmental problems. Air pollution occurs both outdoors and indoors and is caused by human activities and natural mechanisms. Although air quality degradation because of air pollution is a global problem that threatens humanity’s wellbeing overall, it is largely associated with environmental bias. (Anastasia Dimitriou and Vasilia Christidou, 2011)
Air pollution is caused by many things such as car fumes, burning of fossil fuels,
Air pollution come about when gaseous particles, particulate matter, smoke or odor are introduced into the earth’s atmosphere in ways that make these particles harmful to living things. This harmful condition occurs because the air becomes unclean (Doršner, 2016). Some of the main air pollutants in Ghana include Dust (particulate matter), nitrogen dioxide, and Sulphur dioxide. The causes of air pollution include burning fossil fuels, agricultural practices that pollute the environment with pesticides, fertilizers and insectidies, mining operations, and exhaust from factories and industries (Dorsner, 2016).
One of the most dangerous environment issues Southern California is facing today is air pollution. This includes the burning of fossil fuels and natural disasters. Los Angeles is one of the most polluted cities in the world, and the most polluted city in the United States. I will research information about the causes, the effects, and the history of air pollution in the Los Angeles. For my research, I have relied mostly on, the school’s database and library, as well as current events.
What is air pollution? According to the experts, the presence into the air of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects is termed as air pollution. The presence of Air Pollution is countries such as the US comes unsurprisingly to everyone. Being one of the most industrialized countries on earth, air pollution is one of the environmental issues that we just have to deal with. However, a statistic which may take the people by surprise is that among states such as New York, California and Indiana, it is Maryland which has managed in registering the highest number of deaths from Air pollution in the United States. After multiple study conducted by various institutes, it has been concluded that motor vehicles, and industrial smokestacks contribute to the death of 113 people per 100,000 per year in Maryland, with Baltimore and Montgomery Village topping the list with 130 deaths per 100,000 people.
Air pollution according to the Wikipedia << is the introduction of particulates, biological materials, or other harmful materials into the Earth’s atmosphere, possibly causing disease, death to humans, damage to other living organisms such as food crops, or the natural or built environment>>. Therefore, human being should be aware of the facts that the environment and all living creatures are dying. They need to understand the importance of natural items, the nature, etc…
What do you think is the world’s largest cause of preventable deaths? Smoking? Poor diet? Blood pressure? It’s air pollution. (The Independent Co. 2014) Air pollution is such a huge environmental issue that kills many people and it’s often not even noticed. People can be effected by air pollution and not even be aware of it. Air Pollution is caused by biological materials, chemicals, particulates, or other harmful materials going into the earth’s atmosphere.
As Dr. Sunyer Said in his article: "It is believed that much like cystic fibrosis, by living in a more urban environment serious health hazards become more apparent. Studies have shown that in urban areas patients suffer mucus hyper secretion, lower levels of lung function, and more self-diagnosis of chronic bronchitis and emphysema".( Sunyer, 2001).That's mean air pollution is harmful impact on human health and cases many diseases like: Cardiovascular disease, Lung disease and Cancer Which increases the mortality rate. So, Millions have died because of the direct or indirect effects of air pollution. Thant children in areas prone to air pollutants typically suffer from pneumonia and asthma.In addition, air pollution is effect the Atmosphere that main it is one of the indirect effects of global warming with high temperatures all over the world and increase the melting of ice and increase the rate of sea level there will be a disaster is imminent , if not take the necessary actions.
Until 10 years ago, air pollution was thought to be just an urban or local problem until it was discovered that the pollutants could move across continents and oceans. Air pollution is the fundamental factor that causes greenhouse gases, hence climate change and global warming. Air pollutants are the waste products generated from industrial and other processes. They usually come in gases, though aerosols (particles suspended in air, emitted as or formed by transformatio...
Every other day a new industries are being set up, new vehicles on roads and trees are being cut to make way for new homes. All of them, indirect way lead to increase in CO2 leads to melting of polar ice caps which increase the sea level and pose danger for the people living near coastal areas. Pollution can have an impact in our health not only affects people with impaired respiratory system such as asthmatics, but very healthy adults and children too. Exposure to pollution for 6 to 7 hours, even at relatively low concentrations, reduces lung function and induces respiratory inflammation and, healthy people during periods of moderate