The focus of this research paper is air pollution. Simply put, air pollution may be defined as the introduction of harmful materials such as particles or/ and biological molecules into the earth’s surface. The materials that are introduced in the earth’s atmosphere are harmful in the sense of having the potency to cause death and disease to humans, and flora and fauna. Apart from this fact, the earth’s atmosphere is a complexity of gaseous system that occurs naturally and is critical for the sustenance of life on the planet. The 2014 World Health Organization Report states that air pollution was responsible for the deaths of more than 7 million people globally, in 2012.
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Environmental pollution has become a key concern for the environmentalists in the recent years. The amount of undesired and harmful substances introduced into the environment has been on a steady rise; this situation has driven UNEP, WHO and other organizations to issue warnings on impending disaster if nothing is done. Pollutants can be classified as either primary or secondary depending on the manner that they are injected into the environment. In this paper, air and water pollutants are the principle focus. The paper also explores the sources of these pollutants, their effects on the living organisms including humans, and probable measures to mitigate their effects to the environment.
The world has experienced enormous enlargement in energy and fuel consumption with lacking of energy resources. Moreover, the finite fossil fuel resource could not cope up with the increasing energy demand. According to the World Health Organization, air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk. Lately, the statistics have shown that air pollution is responsible for approximately two million deaths a year [1].
ronment? Air pollution affects our environment because it causes health problems, negatively affects the economy, and causes drastic weather changes. Air pollution is one of the world 's biggest killers. It is made up of gases that are released into the air in large quantities. These gases are capable of harming humans, animals, plants, and our climate.
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) states that air pollution is the result of human activities and natural processes on the environment, which causes certain gases to be released into the air to interact with other substances to form acid rain, the greenhouse effect and ozone hole on global scale.
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In this paper I will talk about air pollution and some of the diseases and problems it has caused of the number of the years, because this major problem is still going on today. I will also talk about some air pollutants and where they are coming from or what they are caused by, and how to get rid or lower the air pollution. Also in this paper I will talk about how much money it cost to clean up air pollution