The Effects Of Air Pollution

As the exploration of the industrial development and increased speed of the urban sprawl in Beijing, many severe environmental issues attribute mainly to the anthropocentric activities have been come out of the scene. One of them is the air pollution. Air pollution has been regarded as the most severe environment issue in China since it has already threatened to physical health, especially for the respiratory tract and lung. “In January 2013, Beijing experienced historical heavy air pollution. In this particular month, very few days were observed with blue sky.” (Lijian Han et.al., 2015) According to the analysis of the driving factors, “the population grew fast, and energy consumption and the number of vehicles increased rapidly” (Ju Zhang et.al., 2010), these factors add together can make the air quality worse than any one of them separately can. Firstly, it has been an undoubted truth that more and more people originally lived in rural has been moved to core urban of Beijing since there are more opportunities in there. Therefore, the huge explosion of urban population with more energy release and more CO2 exhalation is seen as an inevitably primary factor causing the bad air quality. What’s more, as the population

In the past decade, the severe air pollution problem in fast developing countries, particularly in China, has caused highly social and scientific attention. In 2014, 92 % of the world population are exposed over to the WHO Air Quality Guidelines (AQG) PM2.5 concentration level of 10 μg/m3 (World Health Organization, 2016). Ambient particulate matter (PM) pollution ranked as the third leading risk factor in India and Nepal, and ranked as the fifth in China (GBD 2015 Risk Factors Collaborators, 2016). In 2012, about 3 million deaths globally were attributed solely to ambient air pollution, and around 87% of it occurred in low- and middle-income countries (World Health Organization, 2016).

There have been strides to regulate laws in China to deal with this environmental damage and destruction, but often times these laws and regulations are ignored even by leaders. The health of China’s citizens is at risk, and though the future seems far ahead of us, there might not be a future in Chine due to air pollution and its major environmental

Beijing, the capital of China, since the development of industrialization and economy, the environmental problems emerge gradually. Especially air pollution is becoming a huge problem today. Air pollution is the harmful matters including particulates and biological molecules introduced into Earth’s atmosphere which is harmful to both human health and natural environment. This essay will firstly illustrate the main causes of air pollution in Beijing, including natural causes and man-made causes, and then outline some effects of this problem.

The smog in Xingtai blankets the northeastern Chinese city in a perpetual gray overcast. Media outlets show a monochromatic slide show of how badly that air quality is in regions of China creating and their own buzzword, Airpocalypes. Pictures of heavy smog smothering high-rises, offices, and apartment complexes that would fit well in Ridley Scott’s dystopian movie, Blade Runner. Images of motorcyclist wearing pollution masks in the hopes of blocking out most of the harmful air particles. Californians can see these images and yet feel as if a scenario like Xingtai can never happen here.

China's fast-growing economy has attracted worldwide attention; However, what followed was a series of serious environmental problems. For example, since 2014, haze has polluted most big cities in China, especially in the north. Beijing with full of haze lets people associate with London fog of 1952. As the earliest industrialized country, London is one of the first cities in the world that suffer from fog problems. Wifely used of coal for manufactories and families is the main reason to cause the London fog and stimulated the spread of air pollution. China repeats the same mistake that London made. After decades of governance, the environment in London has greatly improved, the UK’s successful experience is worth learning from China. Blindly

Air pollution is considered one of China’s main environmental threat. Some experts suggest it is due to the amount of manufacturing companies and vehicles. While others say it is the electrical plants which spew

Currently, there are many first world countries that have been experiencing with issues that are affecting our lives and China is one of them. These issues include water pollution, air pollution, lack of education, etc. Pollution is a huge problem around the world, not just China. It can cause many health diseases, such as cancer and global warming. China has been dealing with these problems since the 1900s, and as the population grows, the number of health issues increases as well. Most of these health issues come from water pollution and air pollution, though there might be others, these are the major causes. A majority of this pollution came from industrial factories and power plants, but many daily tools such as cars have an impact as well. Air pollution poses a major threat to the Chinese public health. The current method of energy production of power plants in China is coal, which is the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions in the world. 70% of the world's carbon emissions came from China. Because of this reason, the country has been encountering smog in different parts of the area, also known as

In the present day a majority of China’s major cities contain hazardous amounts of air smog, enough to cause shortness of breath, obstruction to a person’s airway, and just impede a citizen’s daily life. Pollution exists in these crammed megalopolises because the city is constantly on the move for fast tracking improvements and

In recent memory, many of the northern cities of China, including Beijing and Tianjin, have suffered, "the longest stretch of stifling air pollution

After many years of ignoring the air pollution, smog ridden China has finally begun to

A recent study found that an average 1.6 million people die every year in China because of the growing smog and manmade air pollution that clouds over the country. While global warming and reducing our carbon footprint has become an almost world wide effort, China has been one of the main countries associated with pollution especially air pollution or smog. A research team based out of California discovered that a majority of people in China are breathing unhealthy air because of the pollution mainly due to China's coal factories. The smog has also been related to diseases such as cancer which has killed tens of thousands of Chinese people. Even with the evidence and studies conducted, the Chinese

Through urbanization, the most common view is the establishment of factories. Most of these factories are located in heavy industrial areas of the cities. It is easy to hypotheses that air quality has become worse in Shanghai since it started urbanization in the 1980s. However, there is not a proportional

On the other end of the effects, the heavy air pollution in China causes a variety of health problems. The air pollution in china greatly increases the cases of cancer, respiratory diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, a weakening immune system, and a reduced lung function ("Air pollution in China"). The

On October 1st, 1949, the People’s Republic of China officially became a country and a player on the world stage. Since then, China has entered a new Communist era of stability, with the Reform and Opening Up policies of 1978 bringing in China’s phenomenal economic growth (Tisdell, 2008). However, with these advances in industry come a downside: air pollution. Since the early 1980s, air pollution levels have been climbing to dangerous levels. However, in 2013, the scales tipped for the worst. This certainly was not the first year that air contamination reared its ugly face, blackening Chinese cities, closing roadways and sending children to the hospital. Although difficulty breathing and poor air conditions had been a fact of life for most people in China, awareness of the problem peaked that year, causing 2013 to be remembered as the year that China’s struggle with air pollution went mainstream. Shortly after the start of the year, Beijing and surrounding regions were hit by pollution of unimaginable levels. At one point, in the middle of January, the Air Quality Index level in Beijing peaked as high as 993, far beyond levels health officials deem extremely dangerous. For comparison, on the same day in Miami, the AQI was 11 (Xinhua, 2013). As this air pollution issue continues to develop, it is vital that the Chinese put an end to this air contamination because of the health issues, economic issues, and international relation issues.