Environmental Effects Of Air Pollution

There are many kinds of pollution, but one that has the most impact on humans would be air pollution. In order to live, we must breathe air and surprisingly some things that we breathe takes a toll on our health. Air pollution occurs when pollutants are released into the atmosphere. It has both chronic and acute effects on human health which effects a number of different systems and organsFossil fuel combustion such as diesel fuel, coal, gasoline and natural gas is the main source of air pollution. Most of this air pollution is created by us humans. We realize that the action of one has the potential to affect many others. Not only does it affect our health but there are some changes in the climate because of air pollution.

Humans used to have a good relationship with Mother Earth, but with civilization came a breaking point. As we started building cities and industries, the misuse of natural resources changed the environment. We continue to tear up the planet scavenging for coal and oil that results in our wildlife and forests diminishing. Human anthropogenic activities are changing the natural greenhouse gases. Things like burning of fossil fuels has significantly increased the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide. In the article Change We Must Believe In Kurt Cuffey, a professor of the department of Earth and Planetary sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, brings attention to future problems Earth

Having over 121,000 kilometers of rail lines throughout China and 228,218 kilometers throughout the United States transcontinental travel throughout the countries has become immensely accessible. The use of such transports has subsequently resulted in an emittance of pollutants such as nitrous oxide, particulate matter, and carbon dioxide. The increase of the anthropocentric activity dictates the positive feed back loop of the total emissions of criteria pollutants.

Many of us don’t realize that the air we are breathing could slowly be prematurely ending our life. Air pollution in the city can affect the human health in many ways. Air pollution is when the air is contaminated by harmful substances. This is caused by the burning of fossil fuels, industrial processes and smoke. Air pollution is often found in poor inner city neighborhoods. With greater amounts of air pollution comes a greater possibility of multiple health risks. Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, cancer and asthma are frequent health impacts that are caused from smog and air pollution. Some of these health impacts can lead to death. According to the World Health Organization, there are three million deaths worldwide due to air pollution. Air pollutants can be transferred from one country to another via the wind. Due to the wind being out of our control, this must be taken seriously in every city, state or country because it can slowly affect everyone around it. I am going to define smog and its impacts on New Dehli, how automobiles contribute to the air pollution and describe possible solutions to air pollution in the city.

Air pollution is a major cause of disease and death in large cities, which can be prevented. Despite improvements to enhance air quality through the years, the San Joaquin Valley does not meet the requirements of federal and state health ozone levels and particulate pollutants. Ozone is particularly a problem during the summer because high temperatures "cook" chemicals with sunlight to produce smog. Particles, meanwhile, represent a problem during the fall and winter season, when the increase in vehicle emissions and investing layers prevent the spread of these contaminants. Contaminant particles with a size of 10 microns or less (PM10) are a mixture of soot, chemicals, dust, salt, dirt, metals, smoke and toxins. PM10 are very small, about one-seventh the width of a human hair. Although they are micro size, they are dangerous as they can penetrate the body's natural defenses and concentrate on the depth of the lungs. Exposure to high concentrations of these particles can cause heart attacks, increase the risk of lung cancer, worsening conditions such as asthma and bronchitis, and reduce the function of the lungs. PM10 also include the group of particles known as PM2.5 refined. The sources of air pollution and related poor health are in transportation, power generation, home, for example, and vary between cities and regions. Effective interventions can reduce air pollution related diseases and produce health benefits, example, sustainable transport, energy-efficient buildings

Environmental quality contributes significantly to the liveability of places due to the impact that air pollution, waste and Water quality which negatively impacts the livability of the environment and us humans. Environmental quality can change in many different ways such as the climate change.There are many different types of pollution that negatively affects the environment and our environment and the animals and humans inhabiting it. The environment is also affected by waste such as sewage, rubbish that could damage the environment and its animals, and in the process, it may generate methane gas.The rubbish and sewage cause extinction of marine species if flows in the water.

Chemical compounds used in cleaning products and industrial production are being used every day. Some of these chemicals are naturally occurring but others are synthetic and can cause harm to the environment and human population, by being released into the atmosphere. The ever-changing atmosphere, especially in Pittsburgh, is filled with different compounds. Many of the compounds found in air are naturally occurring but some of these compounds such as Titanium tetrachloride, Vinyl Chloride, and Benzene are emitted from factories and some household items and cause health and environmental effects. Possible solutions to reduce and possibly eliminate exposure are then be explored.

Pollution is a major problem that has and is causing devastating impacts to people and the environment. It comes in many different forms such as water, air, noise, and light, all of which affect our society in different ways. The focus of my essay is specifically about air pollution and the effect it has on our society, as well as ways of preventing it from hurting future generations. Air pollution is most commonly caused by the burning of fossil fuels, agricultural activities, and exhaust from factories and industries. Many governments have already implemented air quality standards to protect against health and welfare effects. Unfortunately, these standards aren’t enforced properly and air pollution is still a major problem in today’s society.

As the worlds population rises, the earths environmental condition continues to worsen because of our wasteful careless ways. The waste that we produce can be very harmful to the environment because it degrades water quality, soil quality, air quality, and affects human health in very negative ways as well. The impact that human pollution has caused and continues to cause on the earth is very sad to see. For example, big industries pollute the air, soil, and water. These industries are also guilty of using large amount of our earths fossil fuels. Our agricultural methods are also damaging to the environment; pesticides are the main offenders when it comes to farming. Transportation, energy use and a number of other things contribute to the pollution in the environment; but waste and hazardous chemicals generated by everyday citizens at home also affect the environment as well.

Since the very first textile production line in the 1700s to Apple products being made overseas in  China, factories have plays a significant role in our world since the beginning and continues to do so. The Industrial Revolution was a stepping stone in Americas history and opened a door to new inventions to make lives easier. It began with the invention and application of machinery for production and peak in the production of machines made by machines. Factories have indeed made production efficient and increased the number of jobs. However, like all good things there is a negative side. Factories are a source of nonpoint pollution, meaning the pollution affects  a water body from sources such as polluted runoff from agricultural areas draining into a river, or wind-borne debris blowing out to sea. Non-point source air pollution affects air quality from smokestacks. Which is a problem because factories contribute to both water and air pollution harming our environment as it still continues to operate all over the world. So how do we know if factories are doing more harm than benefits for our environment?

A major public health challenge facing the people of Honduras is the issue of household air pollution (HAP). HAP is a dangerous form of environmental health hazard, so much so that the World Health Organization (WHO) has called it “the most important global environmental health risk today”. HAP is air pollution that is produced inside the home due to cooking, lightening, and heating needs and is typically the result of burning biomass fuels such as wood or coal, which produces “products of incomplete combustion such as carbon monoxide and particulate matter (PM).” Behaviors such as smoking indoors also contribute to poor indoor air quality. The worldwide impact of HAP is massive, with the WHO estimating that a total of 4.3 million deaths were linked to HAP in 2012. Honduras is part of this global burden of disease, as over half of Honduras’s population cooks with biomass, placing thousands at risk.

Pollutants are impacting aquatic organisms disposed by daily human activities and natural occurrences. An extensive amount of pollutants such as pesticides, heavy metals, and hydrocarbons can result in direct significant damage, e.g. death. However lower levels of these harmful substances can be stored in an organism and increase as it continues and follows up the food chain, a process called biomagnification or bioaccumulation, having the greatest effect on the top predator of that food chain. A common result of the pollutants can lead to stress, changing of the immune system, inhibit lysozyme activity, damage gills, metabolism, and growth. Other factors include an excessive amount of nutrients in the environment. Nitrogen can make its way into aquatic ecosystems when there is an increase in nitrous oxide in the air, allowing eutrophication. Algae and bacteria feed off the nitrogen, so a high number of these organisms appear and use oxygen around them as the feed, causing hypoxic zones, or dead zones. Acidification, an increase in the ecosystem’s pH acidity from acid rain, which occurs from an increase in CO2 from air pollution. Aquatic organisms have a range of tolerance, and water with high acidic pH will lead the organism out of the range of tolerance, resulting in stress of the organism, and eventually death. Further studies are being pursuited to see larger impacts of globalized pollution on aquatic species and their ecosystems.

On certain days one may notice it seems to be a little harder to breath when you’re outside for a while. Or if one is outside for a while they start to cough and get a tickle in the back of their throat. Those are symptoms of a bad air pollution day. These are days when the air pollution could be higher because of certain circumstances. There are different kinds of air pollution and all of it has effects on one’s health.

Pollution is a serious global issue that has occurred for as long as humans have inhabited the planet. There are several different varieties of pollution, as well as an abundance of materials, both natural and synthetic, that the earth is contaminated with. Shifrin (2005) states: “To date, wastes remain a fact of life and there are only three places to dispose of wastes-air, water, or land. Waste management always involves tradeoffs” (p. 676). Even though Shifrin is correct in his analysis, it does not excuse the amount of environmental poison that continues to exist today, nor the amount of environmental problems that it has caused throughout history. The “tradeoffs” of pollution have devastated entire communities, causing waves of

Often people breathe in the air pollutants that come from the cars we drive, but how many times do people actually stop and think of what it might be doing to ourselves and the world around us and perhaps how we could possibly fix it? The black smoke, and sometimes invisible pollutants, are causing harm all over the earth without people realizing it. Car pollution can cause disruption to human 's health, the environment, and the cities in just a matter of time and in many different ways.