The Effects Of Air Pollution On The Environment

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.

Dogs have to go outside every day to go to the bathroom, get some exercise, or just to play with their owner. What if every time these precious animals went outside, the chance of acquiring cancer was a higher risk than ever? This may be the future. In saying this, it may not be a common thought going through every person’s mind. Awareness of the social, economical, and resourceful features of the earth may not be stressed from day to day life as much as humans abuse the air that encompases them.

An increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) leads to worsening environmental condition in poor countries. This inverse relation is shown in the environmental Kuznets’s curve. Economic growth is perceived to be able to achieve both economic and environmental objectives, whereas the environmental policy may impede economic growth. This turns limits to economic growth and environmentally unfavorable stage of development.

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.

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.

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.

“To taste the morning air! The deliciously crisp and sweet air for which I long” (O'Sheridan, 2011). Have you tasted the salty air of the sea or the cold, crisp air of the Colorado Rockies? According to recent studies scientists have found that the human lung can “taste” bitter substances in the air. (Connor, 2010) So how about the layered bitter, astringent, smoky taste of Shanghai? In January of 2013, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing reported that a toxic cloud the size of the Greenland covered parts of China causing the levels of a particulate air pollution that seeps into the lung, vein, and heart tissue, to surge above 850 micrograms per cubic meter. According to the UN, 20 micrograms per cubic meter is considered to be the highest safe level. (Meyer, 2017)

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.

It is estimated that 6.5 million people die from air pollution every year. When gases, smoke, or dust particles enter our atmosphere in ways that become harmful to plants, animals, and humans it is called air pollution. Now, some air pollutions occur naturally for example during forests fires or volcanic eruptions, but the air pollution caused by human activities has become more prevalent and serious. The burning of fossil fuels, from coal-fired power plants and vehicles, causes smog and acid rain which includes particulate matter such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxide that are released into the air.Air pollution has also become a global issue that has been taken more seriously every year. In the United Nation’s 2015 plan for Sustainable Development, air quality was mentioned three times. Most notably was this following indicator: “ Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution”. Ambient air pollution is just another way of saying outdoor air pollution that is usually caused by what I mentioned earlier—fossil fuel burning and vehicle emissions. Many of these deaths were a result of strokes, cardiovascular diseases, and lung cancer. The small particles of pollutant are called PM 2.5 which can harm the lungs if it is ingested to potentially cause these deaths along with asthma. Many countries are dealing with air pollution, but two countries of note are the United States of America and China. Although, both the United States and China are suffering from air pollution, there are clear differences in how it affects these nations and their desire to address these problems.

From the beginning of the existence of humans on planet Earth, humans have caused the majority of pollution in the environment. It is widely accepted that pollution causes negative effects on the planet and on biological health. Humans have polluted all the the four major parts to Earth; air, water, soil, and wildlife. Many countries have taken steps to limit or remove many harmful chemicals that are released into the environment but many large countries, such as China, still don 't have tight restrictions on manufactures. As a united race, all countries must work together to eliminate most, if not all, the main ways that we pollute the Earth. This is planet-wide problem that needs to be fixed now so it isn 't left to the next generation to fix, like the previous generation left it to the current generation. The human race has had a long path of causing pollution over history. To not let history repeat itself, it would be beneficial to reflect on how humans have been careless with our delicate environment.

According to the news, by 2050, our ocean will hold plastic more than fish. How scary image to think about. About 71% of earth’s surface is covered by water, which means 71% of earth’s surface is covered by plastic, and people have already used most of our sources from 29% of the earth. Air pollution is also really bad right now especially in developing countries. They burn coal so much that the carbon dioxide amount in the air is too high. On the other hand, companies do not pay attention at all on the cleaning environment where people work; therefore, it causes a lot of people ill due to the dirty environment. People waste so many product and materials that they could recycle and use again, however, they barely reuse them. Bags that people get from WholeFood or Wallgreens could easily use them again, because most of the bags are paper bags and they are designed to let people recycle them. Wasting useable objects makes the world in to pollution and unhealthy lifestyle. Some firms in China or other developing countries, after using chemicals, they just pour the chemicals to the river near them rather than filtrating them to normal liquid that have no harm for water. They don’t care about the river, however, they only focus on the profit they get from the society. They never realize who consume their products, and if the consumers become unhealthy, who would these firms sell to? Nobody. Therefore, their economy benefit would decrease and finally bankrupt. What should these

As the world population continues to grow and society changes so does pollution and the reality of creating harmful, unsustainable conditions to the ecosystem. Due to human activity large amounts of pollutants and contaminants are produced each year which make their way into our environment. For millions of years nature has had its’ own solution to keeping the environment clean using a natural bioremediation. Nature has used microbes, and fungi to breakdown and decompose dead plants and animals, and has used microbes and algae to clean the water. However, we pollute our air, water, and soil far faster than nature itself can clean up, and we have also introduced new disasters such as oil spills and nuclear contamination. Taking a cue from

From plastic sacks to pesticides - the greater part of the waste we deliver ashore inevitably achieves the seas, either through purposeful dumping or from keep running off through channels and waterways. This includes:Oil spills cause colossal harm to the marine environment - yet actually are in charge of just around 12% of the oil entering the oceans every year. By study by the US National Research Council, 36% descends channels and waterways as waste and spillover from urban communities and industry.

In this modern age, we are slowly losing our accessibility to conventional oil. Conventional oil is such an important resource to us. We can observe this by even walking down a simple street. The roads contain concrete which are composed with oil, clothing worn by the people walking down the street are made of oil, the fuel to power a car, etc. Oil can be used in many various ways. We are not only losing oil in resources, we are also exhausting most of our resources today. Pollution is the main reason resources are becoming inaccessible and unusable. Pollution means, “The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.” Pollution mostly occurs when

To eliminate dust mites, pollens and polluting particles from our daily atmosphere, one solution exists, and it is the air purifier. In addition to its invisibility, all the complexity of this pollution lies in the large number of pollutants of various types. The sources of indoor air pollution are multiple: some building materials, furniture, air, lifestyle of occupants (smoking, etc.), combustion appliances, insufficient ventilation, biocontaminants (house dust mites, etc.), allergens, human activity (cooking, etc.), cleaning products, equipment, etc.