Vehicular Emissions and Air Quality Standards in Nigeria

Pollution continues to pose an enormous threat to residents of urban cities worldwide. In the August 2008 Monthly Update, it is stated that approximately 800,000 deaths each year can be attributed to outdoor air pollution, making pollution the single most harmful environmental hazard to human health in urban areas (Kallman). The fact that pollution kills hundreds of thousands of people each year alone portrays just how dangerous living in these conditions can be. Kallman writes about a study which proves an increase in upper respiratory diseases, cardiovascular mortality, respiratory mortality, and low birth weights when exposed to air pollutants (August 2008: Monthly Update). These can be very serious diseases and complications which, when contracted, can lead to death or very serious illnesses. There

Pollution has become a heated issue in recent years. The destruction of the environment along with serious health problems are the eventual effects. The extensive use and availability of automobiles, tremendous amounts of production in the booming economy and the constant increase in demand for energy, can be held responsible.

Beijing, China has a coal mining history of nearly 800 and some odd years. This has been a major air pollutant and the main reason for it is because its economy has grown substantially in the last 30 years. Worldwide, there are twenty cities with the highest, worst air pollution, sixteen of those cities are within China alone. The main causes of Beijing’s air pollution can be pointed to several factors. Large economical growth, an increase in vehicles on the roads, growth in population, and manufacturing. China has also experienced major economic growth with a large rise in Gross Domestic Product. This increase can be connected with pollution. Vehicles are just one contributor to pollution which we will discuss later in this paper.

In this research paper, i will focus on What is air pollution?, What is causing air pollution?,What is the current air quality condition?What are the effects of air pollution on United States. I will discuss what are the changes in the Earth’s climate and weather and the ways of prevention

It was also revealed that in 1998, a single car in Nigeria emitted 29,600kg of hydrocarbons, 34,000kg of Nitrogen Oxides and 4,029 kg of different carbonate gasses over its average lifespan.[iii]

Moreover, Traffic on the road is growing every day, due to which traveling time even for nearby place takes hours. besides this, the increasing number of cars on the road is one of the key reasons for the increase in air pollution.

Some of these studies, analysed the association between traffic pollution and the rate of asthma hospitalisation, concluding that traffic-related pollution was one factor that affects asthma (Pereira et al., 2010; Puig-barbera & Bellido-blasco, 2009; Sahsuvaroglu et al., 2009). However, the study of M??lter et al., (2015) suggests a negative association between traffic-related pollution and asthma is

Increase in motor vehicles use and increase exposure to traffic emissions has been linked to adverse health effects such as asthma exacerbation, decrease pulmonary function, adverse health outcomes, and childhood cancer. 2 In urban areas, motor vehicles contribute to more than 50 % of the air pollution. 2

In areas where air pollution is often dangerously high, many suffer from respiratory illness. The “poor air quality increases respiratory ailments like asthma and bronchitis, heightens the risk of life threatening conditions like cancer and burdens our health care system with substantial medical costs” (Scientists). There has even been a “20% increase in ER and hospital admissions of patients with heart and lung diseases when particulate pollution peaks” (Roppolo). Since there are many contributors to increased illness from particulate matter, the government should impose a change. When such effects begin to burden the lives of many individuals, there has to be some course of action to resolve the issue. The government should require that all car companies begin manufacturing vehicles that are more fuel efficient, which would certainly limit the emissions by vehicles. If there are nearly “30,000 premature deaths each year” (Scientists) from vehicular pollutants, then there should be more “fuel-efficient technologies” (Lott). Though there are steps being taken, more progress needs to be

Vehicle are one of the lead contributors to air pollution; in the United States transportation causes seventy five percent of carbon monoxide (Brinson). The author Linda Brinson states “the U.S. has thirty percent of the world's automobiles, yet it contributes about half of the world's emissions from cars” (Brinson). Also, air pollution poses a serious threat to human health; it ranges from birth defects to lung diseases like tuberculosis. According to the Urban Environment Unit “urban air pollution is linked to up to one million premature deaths and one million pre-native

Have you ever thought about what Seattle would be like if there are no cars on the street? The cars make our lives become convenient and there are so many other advantages that we cannot live without cars. However, the large number of cars in Seattle are gradually destroying our environment since the emissions of cars contribute a lot to the Greenhouse gases which cause the climate change. The car emission problem in Seattle becomes so intense that must be fixed as soon as possible because it affects the global climate, influences the citizens' health conditions and ………

Transportation is the largest source of air pollution in the United States. Air pollution kills globally more than any diseases. In 2013, transportation contributed more than half of the carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides, and almost a quarter of the hydrocarbons emitted into our air. We can reduce transportation, air pollution is different ways. By keeping our vehicle in well-tuned and tires inflated properly to reduce exhaust emissions. Also, avoid idling because it contains more pollute and combines errand into one trip. Air pollution can directly cause respiratory disease or exacerbate existing conditions in susceptible populations, such as children or the elderly and animal.

Urban air contamination is a big natural issue in grown and in addition in most creating nations. On account of Brazil, air contamination focuses have been quickly expanding in the major urban regions throughout the most recent decades. As somewhere else, this extension has been brought about fundamentally by the expanding utilization of vehicles. Today, discharges from vehicles are the significant wellspring of air contamination in Brazil's biggest urban communities.

“Automobiles have a large impact on the quality of our environment and public health. Automobile use affects virtually every aspect of environmental quality - including noise levels, air quality, water pollution, and urban sprawl. Ninety percent of the environmental impact of automobiles occurs through the operation of the cars: about 10 percent from the production, raw materials and disposal of

The amount of factories and industries has grown immensely through the previous years which has resulted in an expansion in the consumption of petroleum products. Innovation has begun to increase and has promoted the expansion of the production of cars. As stated by the Air Quality Research Center, “Air pollution is one of the most dangerous environmental problems, causing many adverse health effects and responsible for 50,000 deaths in the U.S. each year” (Air Pollution and Health – Air Quality Research Center.). The smog and