The Effects Of Air Pollution On The Environment

Over the past few years, air pollution has been one of the major problems encountered in the California central valley. The Central Valley, also called as the Great Valley of California, is comprised of approximately about 20, 000 square miles. It is consisted of two parts, the northern portion is called the Sacramento Valley and the southern portion is called the San Joaquin Valley (U.S.). There are several factors that could have contributed to the amount of air pollution in the air, some of which humans have the ability to prevent and mitigate. Many of the activities that we do in our daily lives could result to the development of air pollution without us even knowing it. In this paper, we will discuss what air pollution is and gain a better understanding of what air pollution is, determine its causes, economic, social, and health impacts, and create solutions that would address the problem of air pollution in the California central valley.

Environmental pollution is a very serious problem in American and the world. Environmental pollution has many different faces from air pollution to water pollution. But the main one I am going to focus on is air pollution and how it affects us in a negative way. In this paper I am going to show you how air pollution can affect us and how it can affect the world. I am also going to show how we can prevent pollution from getting any more out of hand that it already has.

Proctor and Gamble (American multinational consumer goods corporation ), recently released a statement stating that polluted air can contain more than 200 chemicals, that can potentially be a catalyst to the faster-aging skin. Studies done on this topic have proven that women ages 30-40, who are living is polluted arias, have a 10 percent chance of obtaining aging skin symptoms. The effects of air pollution affect everyone, not just women. Inhaling air pollution takes away at least 1-2 years of a typical human life. It has effects as small as burning eyes and itchy throat too as large as breathing problems and death. Air pollution is a problem for anyone who has to encounter it. Nearly 2 million babies die a year due to air pollution. A study done in 2012 proves that air pollution is a devastating occurrence in the world. 570,000 children under five years old died from respiratory infections such as pneumonia, tied to indoor and outdoor air pollution. Fortunately, there are some things that can be done to prevent further damage. First, air pollution can be reduced through efforts in the home. Second, communities can help solve air pollution problems. Third, efforts worldwide can assist at the end of air pollution. If efforts were made to officially stop air pollution, millions of lives would be saved.

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.

Air pollution is a global issue that the community should act upon to prevent any further consequences. Air pollution is caused by toxic chemicals in the air. The essential wellsprings of pollution are heaters in processing plants, motors in vehicles and the consuming of junk. Air Pollution is a hurtful substance to the air that brings harm to the Earth and human wellbeing. Some air pollutions come back to earth as acidic rain, which it can harm crops, and make streams harmful for other plant and creature life. Haze is another outcome from air pollution, which is destructive to people. Global warming can likely be a reason, because of air pollutions, which makes the earth temperature increase. Air pollution is a global issue that concerns the environment because it can negatively affect the health of the environment, cause global warming, as well as acidification. If everyone lets this event continue, then it can affect the wellbeing of the environment and the individuals around it.

“The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented." - Eddie Bernice Johnson

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Air pollution is a major issue in our general public nowadays. We run over it inside, when individuals have been smoking, and outside, where engine vehicle fumes contaminates the air. For quite a long time researchers have been cautioning us that contaminated air is a danger to our wellbeing. It appears these notice are not being taken intensely enough. In all actuality air contamination is deteriorating, particularly in populated societies. We should consequently make immediate move to advance the nature of air we relax. The minute you venture out of the house and are out and about you can really see the air getting contaminated; a billow of smoke from the fumes of a transport, auto, or an engine vehicle; smoke surging from a manufacturing plant stack, streak delivered by warm power plants, and speeding autos making dust ascend from the streets. Common events, for example, the emission of a spring of gushing lava and even somebody smoking a cigarette can likewise bring about air contamination. Contamination is the disease of the world 's air with materials that deter with human wellbeing, the component of life, or the common execution of biological systems which is the living life forms and their physical surroundings. Although some ecological contamination is an outcome of common causes like volcanic emissions, most is brought about by human activities. Air contamination, one of numerous sorts of contamination, happens inside homes, schools, and workplaces; in urban

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.

The research presented in this paper will discuss poor air quality due to outdoor air pollution and its’ effects on human health. I have examined numerous documents, learning about the anthropogenic causes of the air pollution in addition to studying the hazards the contaminated air presents to the public, particularly in urban areas. I have created a policy that I believe directly addresses the current needs of the atmosphere in order to continue to reduce the amount of pollution in the air we breathe, in turn improving our overall health.

Diesel trucks, old fire extinguishers and that wood in your fireplace, all have one thing in common; they’re hurting our planet and our bodies. Researchers studied for decades now the effect that air pollution has on our bodies and our atmosphere. The emissions from a diesel engine can result in a direct attack against our respiratory systems, this same attack of the atmosphere can come from Chlorofluorocarbons that are emitted from old refrigerants. Due to the fact that air pollution has greatly increased over the last 150 years, understanding the chemistry behind it has not only become a large topic of choice by researchers but has also been governed by officials.