SO2, as a pollutant with high reactivity, attracts attention of many scientists due to its property
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SO2, as a pollutant with high reactivity, attracts attention of many scientists due to its property to form acid rains, as well as due to the fact that it is responsible for formation of sulfoxy radicals which can cause serious damage to the environment [1,2]. The acid rain issue, whose pH value is under 5,6, occurs in 40% of the territory in China [3]. European most endangered regions are the Netherlands, Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic [4]. Apart from the primary pollutants such as SO2, NO2, CO2, CO and soot particles, one can also find heavy metal particles in the air which result from various industrial processes (Pb, Cd, As, Ni, Zn and other).
A number of investigations indicate the impact of pollutants on the health of people.…show more content… Seasons when people are exposed to hazardous effects of pollutants have a considerable effect on health of people [16]. SO2 from the atmosphere impacts increase of blood pressure during the winter, while there is no such effect during the summer [17]. However, the impact of pollutants on blood pressure is not quite clear, which is confirmed by the results of investigation which are contradictory. Pollutants do not have a big influence on the increase of death cases of people over 65. With growing old the impact of pollutants increases [18]. The conncetion between pollutants and death of children younger than 5 is not statisctically important. Investigations show that pollutants do have an impact on the health of people of all age, not only on elderly people [19].
Weather conditions have a major role in the interaction between pollutants, thus, there is certain difference in the obtained results of investigations conducted at different locations [18]. Pollutants that appear in the air can act separately, however interactions between them can frequently occur and then they have a more negative impact on environment and the living world [20].
It is hard to specify the diseases which could be caused by SO2, and which could be caused by fine sulphate particles which exist in our surrounding and are created by nucleation of SO2. Sulphate particles with the diameter 2,5 and 10μm have a particularly negative impact [21].
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deaths- as a result of air pollution exposure.” (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/air-pollution/en/)
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Introduction
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Introduction
Air pollution remains one of the most urgent and serious problems facing the world today. Research studies conducted in the past have clearly indicated that in addition to harming the environment, the effects of air pollution on human health are particularly adverse. In this text, I discuss air pollution, its causes, and effects. Further, I propose solutions that could be embraced to rein in the problem of air pollution.
Air Pollution: An Overview
Air pollution in the words of Miller
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Problem
Poor air quality can be classified into two types of air pollution: indoor air pollution and outdoor air pollution. Both types of air pollution affect developed and developing countries through diseases such as asthma, lung cancer, heart disease, acute respiratory disease, stroke, and chronic respiratory disease. According to a World Health Organization report of 2014, over ninety percent of the global population was living in areas where air quality level did not meet the air quality guideline
Journals, Government Reports and Publications, World Health Organization, Central Pollution Control Board, World Bank Development Research Group, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Government Of India Ministry Of Environment & Forests, Development Centre Working Papers, The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases & Allied Sciences, PNAS, Independent organizations.
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Sean Zais
University of Maryland University College
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