Air Pollution In Los Angeles, California

Bakersfield California is a fun place for people to go on vacation. There is Beach Park, located near the city that has playing fields, bike paths, skate parks, and barbeque pits. There are lakes to go water skiing and boating, also Kern River County Park that has 50 campsites for a family to bring their children to enjoy a nice outdoor vacation. Restaurants, that force you to try new things and have the experience of eating in an older restaurant building. However, what most people don’t know is that Bakersfield, California is the most polluted places in the United States. In this paper, I will go over the pollution problems, geographic factors, climate conditions, and social activities that contribute to the buildup of air pollution in Bakersfield, California.

Being one of the biggest social issues in Los Angeles, Air pollution has two main reasons: vehicle traffic and population growth. Actually, it is in a such crucial level that scientists indicate that air pollution in Los Angeles may endanger peoples lives. Scientific researches show that the air pollution causes cancer and have an impact on pregnant woman. Advertisements shows us some solutions like making public transportation common and sustainable housing. With the growing population of Los Angeles, something has to be done . Otherwise it is going to be impossible to deal with the air pollution. Population growth in Los

The effect on the environment, not just shipping volume, should always be considered when, when determining the effectiveness of a port. The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach as a complex are ranked the 10th biggest port in the world by volume, and are the 9th busiest port in the world. This high level of traffic leads to a large amount of emissions from boats, trucks, and trains. The high emissions had a major impact on the local air quality. In 2006, the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan was passed to combat the poor air quality. Notably, this strategy being produced for a global seaport was the most comprehensive reducing health risk and cutting air pollution to a minimum. Within five years of passing the Action Plan,

Further, the valley’s bad air quality is deteriorated by the geographical location and the weather. The physical location of the valley makes the area prone to elevated temperatures during the summer, often causing wild fires, hazards and long droughts. The San Joaquin Valley is a basin that is formed by the three surrounding mountains, which trapes air inside the basin, making it hard for air currents to circulate and thus causes the accumulation of air pollutants. The air particulates that are trapped lead to a thermal inversion forming a warm air layer which further intensifies the trapping effect (Berg, 2011). The geographical location of the valley is one of the factors that cannot be simply changed, but alternate methods of regulating emissions should be put in place to reduce the effects. Although the valley is no longer considered to be in a drought, the effects of it from three years ago still affect the area. During the drought, the accumulation of particulate matters increased substantially which combined with the lack of rain, put a halt to the natural elimination of PM (Caiola, 2015). Although the geographical disadvantages cannot be changed, it should be considered when planning to reduce the effects of air pollution in the valley.

Pollution and trash build up in Los Angeles has been accumulating and worsening for many years. The homeless population in Los Angeles also has been at an all time high. In areas like Van Nuys, Reseda, Downtown, and many more, there needs to be more trash cans near homeless encampments and along with those, cameras, which will document and hopefully successfully pinpoint potential littering suspects. The trash is not only harmful and damaging to our community but also Earth as a whole. By setting up more trash cans of which the city would be in charge of, it would hopefully encourage those who do frequently litter to throw away their waste properly. Besides putting up cameras and implementing more trash cans we can also set up a plan to benefit both our homeless citizens and the environment of our cities. The homeless give service to their city by keeping it clean and in return they gain food and shelter.

Living in California, not many people see the air quality. California is known for the beaches, the sun, the many opportunities and adventures that this beautiful state has to offer. What many do not realize is the pollution that California has accumulated over the years. With the state rapidly growing, the need for food, transportation, products, have been increasing. In this case, children are the ones the state need to realize that it directly affects them. As such, breathing in the toxins and increase greater chances of breathing problems or even cancer. As a whole, the pollution does not only hurt the residents of the state, but the revenue may decrease if air quality gets to the point of no return as well as the economy trying to find ways to reduce pollution. Even though there are existing policies to limit such emissions into the atmosphere, companies are either finding a way to loop pool around such policies or the implementation is not as strong as the government should push it to be.

Subsequently, air pollution has reached a life-threatening stage due to its effect on earth’s atmosphere. For instance, the depletion of the ozone layer allows the penetration of radioactive rays from the sun. Ideally, the ozone layer acts as a screen that prevents harmful radiation from reaching the earth’s surface. Seemingly, California is one of the cities in which air pollution has reached extreme levels. Almost 90% of the air in the state has been contaminated, which poses a health hazard for the citizens, especially children. In effect, this trend has prompted the formation of organizations such as the Air Resource Board, which establishes health-based standards for the most affected individuals (Board, 2015).

Hong Kong (HK) is one of the most crowded cities in the world, with almost the highest vehicle density. It has long been criticized for its bad air quality compared to its advanced economy. With the recently hazardous air pollution in China mainland, HK has been affected as well for its geographic neighborhood. The Air quality readings recently (PM2.5: 60µg/m³) have exceeded the loose local standard (50µg/m³), 3 times of WHO’s recommended standards (20µg/m³). The public appeals to the government to take actions to improve air quality.

Although air quality falls under different jurisdictions and is subject to various laws and regulations that cross municipal and provincial jurisdictions, municipal governments can exert control, even with their limited powers, by creating bylaws that help increase the air quality in Toronto. On top of creating bylaws within the city, the municipalities must ensure that they work with the different levels of governments to pass worthwhile laws and regulations across the province that will help reverse the decreasing air quality in the GTHA and in the province in general.

One of the most well known problems of the world is air pollution. It’s a pressing matter, as “approximately 3.3 million people die prematurely each year from causes directly linked to air pollution” (Hoyle, “Air Pollution”). These deaths cost the US economy about $225 billion in lost labor income. Also, “diseases attributed to both types of air pollution caused 1 in 10 deaths in 2013, or more than six times the number of deaths caused by malaria” (“Air Pollution Deaths”), which shows that this issue is something that needs to be desperately fixed. Despite many attempts to curb air pollution, it is still a prominent fixture that is not going away.

Air pollution has been around for centuries now, but it has not been until recently that it has become an issue. Air pollution is a problem that is more severe than the general public understands it to be for several reasons. I chose this topic because its effects on the health of the general public have become more prevalent over the years. It has become a concern to me because my health is affected as well. Not only does it impact our health and well-being, air pollution is causing multiple environmental disturbances, including contributing to global warming and global dimming.

Air pollution has become a huge dilemma in our environment. Pollution is caused by the toxic release of chemicals and pollutants; releasing pollutants into the atmosphere harm the planet and pose a threat to human lives. Some of these pollutants include Carbon Monoxide, lead, acid gases, and Nitrogen oxides. Most of these pollutants are caused by industrial factories and vehicle exhaust. Air pollution is a global battle and preventing it will only help decrease the existing damage. In China, air pollution is so severe that people have to wear masks to reduce the risk of contracting any diseases. In California, it’s at its highest level and it continues to increase. The creation of freeways and roads contribute to the bad air quality

The research presented in this paper will discuss poor air quality due to outdoor air pollution and its’ effects on human health. I have examined numerous documents, learning about the anthropogenic causes of the air pollution in addition to studying the hazards the contaminated air presents to the public, particularly in urban areas. I have created a policy that I believe directly addresses the current needs of the atmosphere in order to continue to reduce the amount of pollution in the air we breathe, in turn improving our overall health.

Air pollution has been a growing problem in the world especially in the recent past and it’s only getting worse from here. Humans are at a huge risk because of air pollution, studies have shown that humans air pollution can cause, irritated eyes, nose, and throat, lung and heart problems, an increased heart attack rate, and in extreme cases can cause cancer and even death. Air pollution also has a big effect on the earth itself, it has been shown that the ozone has been depleted since the discovery of air pollution along with climate changes. The first known air pollution was when a lethal haze came over the town of Donora, Pennsylvania causing about ½ of the 14,000 people population to experience either cardiovascular or respiratory problems, it eventually claimed the lives of nearly 40 people. As time has gone on air pollution has only gotten worse but air quality managers are working to make a cost effective way to control or reduce air pollution. Humans are partially at fault for air pollution because when factories are producing their products it is releasing carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels into the air, when people drive cars it also emits carbon dioxide because the car burns the fuel, either gas or diesel, and emits it through the exhaust. The government needs to talk with the air quality managers among others and find the best cost effective way to reduce the air pollution in the very near future or the world may have a serious problem.

Did you know that every year millions die from respiratory and circulatory diseases due to too much exposure from air pollution? This is becoming a global problem because of the extremely high levels of toxins and chemicals being produced. So how do we reduce air pollution? First, we all must educate ourselves and become aware of the rising health problems related to pollution. The majority of individuals today are unaware of the chronic illnesses that can occur from polluted air.