Israel 's air pollution causes thousands of cases of premature death in Israel each year, and a much larger disease. Pollution sources are natural sources (such as dust), transportation, power plants, factories and quarries. There is severe air pollution in the Bay of Haifa, Tel Aviv and Gush Dan region in Ashdod and Ramat Hovav and Be 'er Sheva. How does my community compare to others places in the world? According to a study by the World Health Organization comparing rates of air pollution particles PM10, in 1600 cities in 91 countries, Israel has the worst air pollution in most Western countries and the 12th class of all countries of the world. On the monitoring data and other studies and the possible causes of air pollution significant …show more content…
The immediate injury and most obvious is the damage to the health of residents by increasing heart disease, respiratory diseases (such as bronchitis and asthma), and cancer.
According to estimates of the Ministry of Finance in 2008, air pollution damages the whole country amounted to 12 billion per year. It should be noted that this damage includes only the dimension of health and other aspects. Air pollution from vehicles was estimated in 2009 Economists from the Ministry of Finance by about 6% of GDP, in the range of 0.6 to 9% of GDP ie up to an amount of 50 billion per year. A study by the World Health Organization claims that the annual economic damage from air pollution in Israel in 2010 is 7.1 billion, ie 27 billion per year.
I want to identify main air pollutants: Factories for the manufacture of pesticides and fertilizers: Like ‘Makhteshim Agam’ Power plants with an output above 50 MW. Petrochemical Industries - Oil Refineries as well as factories that produce and use products of crude oil. Factories for the production of raw materials and organic NA: eg Dead Sea, Carmel Olefins, Haifa Chemicals, Rotem Amfert. Cement: Cement
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Electrochemical Industries: Israel Polymer Industries, for example, magnesium plants Factories producing batteries: Vulcan example, Schnapp Large smelting plants: sample light, Yehuda Steel
When I am trying to consider my own skills and interests and how to apply skills or interests that might help improve air quality in my community, I would go for two things: Establish Regulatory around the level of air pollution
There are several systems for air pollution prevention standards: all standard defined method of measuring and the units are measured pollution
“In 2008, 21,000 Canadians died from the effects of air pollution.”(Geduld) Although most of these deaths are from long term exposure to the pollutants there was still “2,682 deaths caused from short term exposure.”(Geduld).“5.5 percent of cardiopulmonary (heart and lung disease related) deaths can be attributed to ground-level ozone exposure, which has increased over the past decade.” (David Suzuki Foundation)
By reducing air pollution levels, countries can reduce the burden of disease from stroke, heart disease, lung cancer and respiratory diseases including asthma (World Health Organization, March 2014). These regulations can be seen in the “WHO Air Quality Guideline”, which provides an assessment of the health effects of air pollution and thresholds for health-harmful pollution levels (World Health Organization, March 2014). Policies and investments supporting cleaner transport, energy-efficient housing, power generation and better waste management could reduce key sources of urban outdoor air pollution (World Health Organization, March 2014). These interventions may also help combat socioeconomic inequalities as well as promote development. When societies are given opportunities to improve environmental quality their overall health has the opportunity to improve.
Lack of proper clean air standards results in spending on medical care which pushes it above the average compared to other states. Public insurers spent the highest and it is envisaged that this may push the medical insurance high making it hard to access healthcare.
The national burden of disease due to poor indoor air quality from solid fuel use was first assessed in 2002.2 A Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in 1976 is the most discussed case of illness due to poor indoor environment.1 Poor indoor air quality can cause changes in a person’s health in a wide array of acute and chronic symptoms and as specific illnesses.1 The exposure to indoor air pollution is associated with increase in risk of acute lower respiratory infections
Under the Resource Management Act 1991, the Ministry for the Environment provides Ambient Air Quality Guidelines for regional councils and unitary authorities to manage the ambient air in their region. Therefore, the Auckland Council is in charge of ensuring that the ambient air in Auckland is clean and healthy and doesn’t contain excessive levels of pollutants by undertaking stringent monitoring of the air, creating and implementing policies and plans, developing awareness of air quality issues and writing regulations to reduce air pollution. Auckland Council’s monitoring of ambient air pollution levels is to ensure that concentrations of particulate pollutants are within National Environme...
Air pollution is a silent killer, it lurks through our homes and surprises. There are designated agencies that are made to help combat pollution, setting regulations and making laws to protect the environment. Whether it is regulating car pollution, equipment or providing information to be better aware of increasing levels of pollution. Cars are a huge factor in air pollution, might not be the whole pie, but they’re a portion of the problem.
This type of pollution is a dilemma wherein the air that we breathe is being contaminated by dangerous chemicals, smell, smoke and other pollutants that contribute to it. This type of pollution is common in our country as well. Since vehicles are all over the place, the smoke coming from it is one of the main causes of air pollution. Many vehicles in our country emit too much smoke. Although there is already a law that does not allow vehicles to emit too much smoke, some drivers still do not listen to this. Big factories who emit smoke are one of main reasons as well. People who smoke can be seen everywhere even though there is already a law for this. We know that there have been laws implemented to lessen the contribution of smoke to our environment but still, many of us do not follow these laws. That being said, people should be well-disciplined and these laws should be implemented strictly in order to protect the ozone layer that is badly affected through air
The second type of air pollution is known as outdoor pollution. The causes include ...
Air pollution has become very costly environmental problem in terms of both human lives and in terms of billions of dollars lost for health-care expenditure and crop damage.
Air pollution is a type of pollution that can severely damage our environment as well as the earth’s atmosphere. Air pollution occurs all the time when the air contains many substances ...
Ministry of Transport. (2002). Health effects due to motor vehicle air pollution in New Zealand. Retrieved from www.transport.govt.nz/assets/Import/Documents/_versions/4069/health-effects-of-vehicle-emissions.1.pdf
One of the most popular effect of air pollution in the world is global warming. With increased temperatures worldwide, the increase in sea levels causes melting of ice and this causes loss of habitat have already signalled a disaster if something for preservation or normalization is not done it will affect the world even more. Species that stay in the ice area, they will be in the verge of extinction. The Paris Agreement is an international treaty, under which all countries in the world have agreed to do their best to reduce gases that cause global warming. The following are the major effects of air pollution:
...he environment should be set in accordance with the size of the problem. These policies should be implemented after providing people with the necessary information that will make them aware of the problem and the dangerous effects of pollution. After that, some clear standards should be set with regards to preventing producing pollutants. Although many governments all over the world are having such policies but from what is noticed and seen high levels of pollution still exist. The UAE for example has set measures and established government entities that focus on controlling environmental problems such as the Ministry of Environment and Water and Environment Authority. These entities enforce rules on industrial companies to reduce the effect of pollution. However, more efforts and plans are needed to develop the awareness in this concern at the individual level.
There are two types of air pollution that affect the environment. The Primary pollutants are emitted directly into the atmosphere from sources and can have effects as secondary pollutants. Then, there are secondary pollutants. The secondary pollutants are not directly transmitted, like primary pollutants, but chemicals react when the primary pollutants are already in the atmosphere (Learner.org, 2014). The major causes of air pollution are considering pollutant where majority of them can be assigned to man, since manufacturing is being implemented wrong in the world. One of the biggest factors are causing air pollutions are Carbon dioxide based, such as: Gasoline burning engines and power plants; and Sulfur dioxide like man made machines and natural causes. According to universe today, 2010, gasoline burning engines are the most useful carbon dioxide, since its always use in our daily life. Because of this the level of carbon dioxide or CO2 have increased 25 % than a year ago (Co2.cms.udel.edu, 2014). On the other hand, ...
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