Essay About Air Pollution

I am doing this paper on air pollution because it 's a serious problem in our lives that we must take action on and start to handle as the serious problem that it is. Air Pollution Is the contamination of the air we breathe everyday. There is two different kinds of air pollution which are the visible pollution and invisible pollution, which both contribute to global warming. The most familiar and visible kind of air pollution is smog, which hangs over cities. The pollution in our air is destroying our planet day by day. Carbon Dioxide which is the smoke that comes from cars, planes, factories, and power plants, is what is polluting our air and causing our planet to warm up. There is other types of greenhouse gasses like methane and sulfur that

The polluted air we breathe everyday can cause serious health problems to us or even death. The short term effects of breathing polluted air are headaches, nausea, and allergic reactions. Short term effects can also aggravate the medical conditions of individuals with asthma and emphysema. The long term effects, which are more serious and deadly are, lung cancer, chronic respiratory disease, heart disease, and damage to the brain, nerves, liver, and kidneys. Air pollution also has a bad effect on women who are pregnant. Research has shown that women who come in contact with high levels of pollution, are more likely to have a premature or early baby (David Anderson). Now, women who protect themselves more from all the pollution are more likely to have a healthier baby. Another research also shows that air pollution kills about 3.3 million people every year. The study also proves that if we continue to pollute our air the way we 're doing it right now, the yearly deaths will double to 6.6 million people in 2050 (David Anderson). About 6 percent of global deaths each year are caused by air pollution. Scientists also say that air pollution kills more than both HIV and malaria each year, which I find pretty

If we all work together and start caring for both our lives and our planet, we can sure save this planet for a couple more generations. We need to stop being selfish and start cutting down in some of our everyday life things. We need to start off by limiting how much we burn fossil fuels and coal. We need to stop using up these things when we don´t even need them. We should stop driving our cars so much and start walking more and car pulling to work and school. We need to get solar pannels in our homes if possible so we can stop burning as much coal and start getting our electricity from the sun