The effects of Air pollution
Environmental pollution is the key concern for the humanity. It does not have any borders each member of our planet is affected by its devastating effects. Air pollution is the main factor contributing to general environmental problems. It is the emission of particulates, harmful materials, and biological molecules in the Earth's atmosphere and is caused by both human and natural factors. The effects of air pollution are shocking. It causes numerous diseases in human organisms, animals, natural crops, ruins the balance of the environmental system, and even causes deaths. Air pollution is the largest environmental pollution risk factor. According to the research of World Health Organization,...show more content...
The negative effect on human health also affects the central nervous system. The studies confirmed that an early exposure of children to the higher levels of air pollution have the same negative effects on the central nervous system as autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia. Low and middle income countries in the South East Asia and Western Pacific Regions have the highest mortality rate due to air contamination problems. Specifically in this region, World Health Organization attributes approximately 3.3 million deaths to indoor and 2.6 million deaths to outdoor air pollution annually. "The most polluted country is India. It has the highest mortality rate due to air pollution. Most deaths in India are caused by asthma. Another seriously affected country is China." The report of World Health Organization states that air pollution killed more than 500,000 people in China in 2014. The calculations performed by the European Commission show that polluted air reduces the life expectancy in EU by more than nine months. The worst situation is in Benelux and Italy.
The research of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health revealed that even a small exposure to the polluted air during pregnancy results in pregnancy complications. And long term health problems of the future children. The fetus is extremely sensitive to environmental factors. "The study concluded that the greater the exposure of the pregnant woman to the air pollution is, the higher
Pollution
Pollution has become a major problem in our everyday lives. Pollution is everywhere whether it is realized or not. It is in the air, in the water, in everything. Pollution is not the result of one person's actions. We all contribute to its growth. Where do you think all your waste goes? In the environment around you. And that is exactly the problem. People do not seem to care because they do not see its effects clearly. What they do not realize is that it is right in front of their noses.
What is Pollution?
What is Considered to be Pollution?
Almost all waste is pollution. Plastic, glass, paper, tin, you name it. Pollution is something that negatively impacts our biosphere. That is all the portions of Earth that contain life. When you light that cigarette, you are polluting the air. When you leave that empty Pepsi bottle by the beach, you are polluting the water. Not just the water in that area. All water is connected. You are messing with the whole Hydrosphere at that point. Who Causes Pollution? Every single living thing causes pollution. But who is the main cause? Humans are the number one cause of pollution. Our society seems to have an "I don't care" attitude towards this problem. Everyone disposes of waste. Everything from a plastic fork to a broken television becomes pollution. It all collects and becomes a larger problem. No one sees it as their own fault though. And why is that? Humans like to look to bigger things. They see oil spills and things of that Get
We live in a world that offers so many things to us. A home, food, water, life itself, yet we don 't take much care of it and are destroying it instead. The presence of pollution has been around for such a great amount of time now that you would expect us as humans, to start noticing the mass destruction we are causing and start doing something about it. Glaciers are melting, water levels are rising, the water and air around is being polluted if it 's not polluted already. There is little being done to try and stop or at least slow down this fatal event. If we do not start taking care of our own home, we will soon be left with no home at all, and the only one's we can blame for that, is ourselves. One of the many things that has been...show more content...
This has been done over and over again throughout the years. All though plastic is biodegradable, it takes an average of 450 years for it to do so. Some bottles can take up to 1000 years for this to happen. By that time our planet will not be able to support such thing and will give up on us. Plastic usually breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces of plastic over the years before it to fully biodegrade. These tiny pieces of plastic are eaten by so many marine animals that live around them and every single animal that eats these tiny pieces are affected by it and many times die. All these tons of plastic don't just disappear or get eaten by the animals though, they accumulate. The great pacific garbage patch is an example of this happening. This area is around 7 million tons heavy and twice the size of texas, it can also get 9 feet deep. Facts say that there is 6 times more plastic than plankton. In case you didn 't know, plankton is the main food for many animals living in the ocean, from small fish to the great whale shark depend on plankton to stay alive. The great coral reef is an example of what the pollution in the ocean can do. The great barrier reef is considered the largest living thing in the whole world. All though it's considered pretty young, it is around 500,000 years old. The reef is located off the coast of Northeastern Australia. Every part of the reef takes a couple of thousands of years to be formed. It is one of many beauties that nature has to
Agriculture is the second most leading cause of pollution (jaiswal). With that much pollution one may wonder how it is happening. One may also wonder what america can do to fix agricultural pollution. America has put our land and farmers into some very questionable situations with questionable practices.
There are many natural thing damaging our crops a few examples are tillage which is exposing the soil, erosion which is removing minerals. America can prevent this by using less– tillage techniques to reduce erosion ("Crop Farming." Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, ) Crops face many problems one of them being bugs. Farmers find it fairly easy to use chemicals to kill these bugs but these chemicals can have damaging effects. Such as...show more content...
There is another way to help preserve fresh water resources, It would help to maximize agriculture and to minimize the toxic effects it may have on the environment. It is an Ideal system but very unlikely to create this because of how complex water systems. (moss). There are some ways to prevent food toxins in our plants. We can try to reduce our tillage to better our soil. We can also try to keep our animals feces away from water sources. We can also prevent runoff from our fields. Some other ways to have efficient farming is planting trees and bushes around fields to help protect from animals and also bring in nutrients. One can also try to plant grass and other things to keep nutrients out of water (the source and solutions). There are way to reduce water pollution. One of the ways is to try and get other people to help or volunteer there are many willing people to help improve water quality such as government, community and, conservative groups. (The source and solutions). Farms cause lots of toxic emissions, more than any other type of air pollution in the united states to be exact. TOxic emissions can not only directly harm humans but can also get onto our clothing and hair and can be spread throughout a small place and can lead to everyone. (A major source
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Pollution is everywhere! People even pollute without even knowing it. They simply throw their soda can on the ground, or even as small as throwing their cigarette on the ground. The point is that pollution is terrible and it needs to be stopped. I already knew that pollution was around. In fact, it's been around since about 1948, but of course that is only when smog came and pollution got very bad. Pollution has been around many years before 1948. I wanted to find as many possible ways to lower the pollution numbers, so I decided to look into it a bit more. I saw a few interesting facts and wanted more, a ton more. I now know multiple ways to stop pollution and a few ways to prevent it. I still had a few questions about pollution....show more content...
Many negative effects happen, such as animals die, and some people die earlier than expected. Isn't that crazy? Pollution also creates breathing problems for many. Especially in London because they always have smog (naturally occurring fog and air pollution) and they are always around it. People should try to solve this problem because all of the little particles made of dust, oil, soot, and other hazardous things, changes the original way the Earth is. What I mean by that is that the Earth should be clean, and air shouldn't be dirty, but it it. It changes the way the world is. In conclusion, pollution is very harmful to the Earth, and we should try our best to make it better.
Yes, there are a ton of problems in the world about pollution, but there are possible ways to fix it. One solution, that is right now taking place, is to monitor the amounts of chemicals and waste amounts. Right now, about 250 chemical and waste factories are being monitored. The charts for numbered chemicals went from around 7 to about 250, which is a huge difference, and much better for the world. The next solution is to just go around and pick up trash that you see on the ground. Although there are already multiple organizations that do this, they still need more help! DO just do it because you have to, do it because you know it's the right thing to do. There are many, many, many things that could help our world Get
Your day has been great so far. You went on vacation, you found a dollar bill on the floor, you ate your favorite dish, nothing can be better than this. As soon as you walk on the boardwalk you are hoping to see big waves and fish in the sea, instead, you see dead fish and some animals floating in the water next to old car tires, trash, and fertilizer. Now you feel terrible and want to go home. Pollution is devastating. The reason why I researched this topic is that I do not want my family nor my planet to get sick. Pollution can be stopped very easily, it's just that people "don't know" how to stop or they just don't care, which is a serious problem. I want people to see that pollution is mainly caused by humans, and also for them to see that it is a horrible thing that is happening. Some kids litter because they see their parents and their whole family doing it. When I was researching this topic, I noticed that I needed to find out more information, so I asked questions to myself. When did pollution get so bad? How many animals have gone extinct because of pollution? How many people die each year because of pollution? How much does everyone on the planet pollute each year? What is the best way to stop pollution? Can just one person make a difference? After a lot of research, I found out lots of ways that we can stop pollution, so it is possible to end it. Or at least improve the air. Pollution is caused by people littering, throwing their trash everywhere, wasting energy, and burning fuel from vehicles. Pollution effects all animals and plants from around the world. It can harm them and kill them. Some animals have gone extinct because of pollution, thanks to humans. To be exact, over 11 species of animals have gone extinct because of pollution, Not to mention people have died too! How much? Well, about 6.5 million people have mainly because of respiratory problems (lung cancer caused by air pollution) . Yea, its really bad. Pollution has been around for a long time in the U.S since the mid–19 centuries. It got worse because of the industrial revolution. This caused the air and water to become polluted because of all of the manufacturing factories, which uses coal for their factories and threw their waste
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"Air pollution is terrible for our children. Every single scientist, every single doctor will tell you the same thing: Air pollution damages our children's brains, their hearts, and their lungs," verbalized by Julianne Moore. As Moore stated, pollution is terrible for our youth and can be verified by scientists and doctors. There's nothing quite like opening the door and breathing fresh, clean air but how clean is the air you're breathing right now? Air pollution is not only detrimental to humans but all life on earth is harmed by it. It's the presence of the air of a substance which has inimical and poisonous effects contributing to climate change. Pollution has an astronomically immense impact on our environment, in human health, and is an inimical catastrophe in the earth today. Smoking, global warming, overpopulation, and pollution emitting from vehicles including cars, airplanes, and trains are all additionally the causes of pollution in California cities, especially Merced. One issue of air pollution are the things humans use in their everyday life; vehicles. Vehicles emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which contribute one–fifth of the United States' total global warming pollution. In 2016, cars, trucks, and diesel are responsible for about 80 percent of the Valley's pollution (Heinks 1). High–levels of environmental pollution is detrimental to human and animal health. Because of vehicles, lung disease can occur or worsened by it. "Particle pollutants are found more excessively in the winter because of woodsmoke, diesel from trucks and agricultural systems." (Velez 1) Since we have an extensive of agricultural systems, it's a huge contributor pollution in our Valley. Speaking of agricultural systems, Merced is surrounded by farming and agriculture; and air quality is a top priority for the Central Valley. The huge growth in industrial agriculture is using fertilizers, pesticides, and many other chemical products to increase crop yields and feed the world's ever–growing population. On the other hand, pesticides not only apply to farming but inside the household too. According to Environmental Protection Agency, seventy–five percent of the United States households used at least one pesticide
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Air and water pollution is one of the biggest problems the environment faces today. It is one of the highest leading cause of death. Air and water pollution has been affecting the environment for many years causing many diseases among people especially children. I will study and examine the early childhood growth between two countries which are Australia and Tanzania. I will discuss how clean and polluted their air and water is for each country. Their access to clean water. I will also explain the effects that can occur when water is contaminated. How children are affected when they don 't have access to primary essentials and how each country and their environment and living condition might threatened a child 's life.
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But in recent studies it has shown that in some communities in Australia struggle to meet water standards. (Schwarzenbach et al., 2010) has recently shown that drinking water in some parts of Australia has shown to be contaminated with uranium, faecal bacteria and nitrates. (Schwarzenbach, R., Egli, T., Hofstetter, T., Von Gunten, U., & Wehrli, B. (2010).Meaning those who don 't have access to clean water in Australia will likely become sick or catch a disease affecting not only their growth but a child growth as well. Water is important to the human body. As we not only depend on it to live it helps our cells to function properly. Not having clean water can hinder our development but can affect our organs as well.As that being said low income communities in Australia will most likely have less access to clean water as opposed to those who are of high income. (Health, J., & Kim. (2004) found that air pollution can cause chronic effects on the development of a child that can lead to many illnesses like asthma and bronchitis as a result of living in high–ozone country meaning high pollutant than those who live in a low–ozone country.Committee on Environmental Health, J., & Kim. (2004). In Australia, food security is considered to be an important social determinant of health and a significant public health issue at national and state levels. Food insecurity is, however, especially important to child and family
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Recycling and going green has been at the forefront of everyone's mind for the last 10 years. It has become a major concern to able to preserve the planet and reverse some of the damage that society has been inflicting over the last two hundred years. Everyone's concerned with emissions and electric cars but the world is in fact over two–thirds water. So naturally what society should be concerned about should be the oceans in the pollution and negative human impact that people have placed on them. Part of the problem as an initial estimate of the amount of plastic is not accurate. Not to mention incredible environmental and ecological effects the plastic has on marine life. Ocean plastic has reached a critical level where human intervention needs to take place.
People are linked to the oceans in many ways that they can understand and others that are not so obvious; a means of transportation and support economies by providing a food source are the obvious ones .Civilizations through the millenniums have used the sea to nurture them providing the food source and other resources. Today the ocean is utilized for escape or tourism for its serenity and if all of the majestic biological organisms that ocean has to offer. People need to preserve this in incredible resource and start working on this today.
Ocean pollution has been a difficult thing to measure and for the public to be concerned about. Most of the concern has only ever been on the shore level where people can physically see pollution collecting. There is a difficult to get people interested and a problem that happens hundreds of miles out where very few people will ever see the plastic collecting on the surface of the ocean. Funding for research to acquire accurate numbers on plastic pollution understand how it affects the environment of these marine organisms has probably been delayed because of the lack of interest people have trouble associating why the oceans are important for them. The truth currently there are no actual models to estimate the distribution of plastic the ocean, these models use data from surface
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Introduction
From my studying in this unit, I understand that air pollution transpires in various patterns, however, it can generally be thought of as gaseous and particulate contaminants that are existing in the earth's atmosphere.
Chemicals discharged into the air that has a direct impact on the environment are called primary pollutants. These primary pollutants sometimes react with other chemicals in the air to produce secondary pollutants.
Air pollution has become a very high–priced environmental predicament when one views it in line with human lives and looking at it from the perspective of repairing damages in humans the money spent on health care and also crop damage.
Basically, airpollution introduces toxic materials into the...show more content...
Also, we have a many small and large industries in my city I learnt that during production when carbon monoxide hydrocarbons, organic compounds, chemicals are being released in to the air it causes huge amount of air pollution, thinking about this I now understand why my grandfather never wanted to live in the city he always complains about a large carpet manufacturing company in my city, at the back of the factory is a large pipe that let out smoke from the machine he said it smells bad.
In summary, air pollution comes mainly from motor vehicles and electric generators. The rampant burning of refuse in the open atmosphere is also a contributor. But in my community, the main source among these three sources is motor vehicles.
How my community compares to others: From a Thisday online publication 2016 mention, according to CNN, four of the worst cities in the world for air pollution are in Nigeria, according to data released by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Onitsha a city few outside Nigeria will have heard of has the undignified honour of being labelled the world's most polluted city for air quality, when measuring small particulate matter concentration (PM10). From the CNN report it further explain that the other three cities named and shamed in the WHO report for high PM10 levels are the transport hub of Kaduna, in the
Pollution has become a major issue over the years because it contaminates the Earth's environment and affects human health. While some environmental pollution is a result of natural causes such as volcanic eruptions, most is caused by human activities. The increase of various types of pollution has made cancer pollutant more prevalent among the people, raising the risk of getting cancer. After being exposed to theses pollutants, the effects may be immediate or delayed. Some of the delayed effects, due to the exposure, can go unnoticed for many years. Another major issue that pollution creates is the tremendous cost for preventing and cleaning it up. However, we can not regulate the pollutants to the extent where there are no more possible...show more content...
One possible way to control the carcinogenic pollutant is to get a bill passed by Congress, which makes it mandatory for industrial places to reduce the amount of pollution they create. By reducing the amount of pollution production, the exposure level of the carcinogenic pollutant will decrease. This law enforces the industrial companies to establish new methods and strategies to create their products with less pollution distribution in the end. As another preventive measure, there are products available to the population that contains carcinogenic elements that can be taken off the market until they are redesigned and approved by the government. One last effort to regulate the cancer pollutant is to increase the funds for research so that we can have a better understanding of cancer and how to cure it. Consequently, we can create better drugs available to the population, which can decrease the chances of people, with cancer, from dying. Now that we have the regulations into effect, the next thing to do is determine appropriate levels of exposure and the risk level. However, this raises the question of how do determine what a human life is worth. There is no conclusive answer to this question, so we have to take risks. If we take the total number of deaths that occur every year in the world or a particular country and divide that by the number deaths
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Pollution has become a prevalent issue worldwide and has begun to affect the air used to breathe, the soil used to grow food, and the water used to drink. All of these effects result in commonly occurring destruction of health and wildlife that one may have seen on the news or heard from peers. In order to live, one needs food, water, clothing, and shelter. If the water and food that society consumes gets contaminated, a major component of life has been eradicated, which can only have negative consequences. If more people are educated as to what effects the environment, the world has a chance to counteract the effects of pollution. The main causes of pollution are the burning of fossil fuels such as with car exhausts, littering as a result of societal norms and laziness, and factory waste as a result of lax waste regulation, and can result in mass destruction of the environment and catastrophic effects on the everyday lives of contemporary people.
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
The environmental issue I choose is pollution. There is different types of pollution. There is water pollution, air pollution, soil pollution, thermal pollution, radioactive pollution, noise pollution, and light pollution. Every type of pollution is bad and it is causing health issues and even worst, deaths. Pollution is A very serious subject that is harmful to people and the environment. It is killing A lot of people. 4.6 million people die each year from pollution. Each year 1.2 trillion gallons of untreated sewage, stormwater, and industrial waste are dumped into US water.Pollution is one of the most biggest global killers affecting over 100 million people. Over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 sea mammals are killed by pollution every year. Approximately 40% of lakes in America are too polluted for fishing, aquatic life, or swimming. Pollution occurs when pollutants contaminate the natural surroundings. Pollution disturbs our ecosystem. Air Pollution is the most dangerous forms of pollution. It occurs due to many of reasons, excessive burning of fuel, cooking, driving and other types of activities that are similar. They release A huge amount of chemical substances in the air everyday; these pollute the air. Also smoke from chimneys, factories, vehicles or burning basically occurs due to coal burning. Air pollution is breaking down our ozone layer. There is different types of pollution but environmental pollution has been around for centuries and it is affecting the environment. People should care about this topic because pollution is a serious problem and it causes many deaths and illnesses. The worst types of pollution are air pollution and water pollution, they don't only harm our environment but also our health. It's really scary to think about because around 15,000 people in the world each day die because of water pollution and 2.4 million people in the world die each year because of air pollution. So this is a big environmental issue. The causes of water pollution is water and sewage waste. World population is increasing each year. This is causing huge environmental and health damage. Most water pollution doesn't begin in the water it starts with what stuff filters and enters through the water. Get more content
Preventing Air Pollution
Air Pollution is a problem nation wide. The pollution hangs over our cities and is harmful and destroys living things and materials. Diesel exhaust is one of the most dangerous sources of air pollution. This type of pollution comes from on road vehicles such as large trucks and buses although factories, construction equipment and farms are big polluters too. Pollution from diesel engines contributes to about 80% of the added cancer risk from toxic air pollution nationwide. A main pollution problem has typically been high levels of smoke and sulphur dioxide arising from the burning of smoke and sulphur dioxide arising of sulphur containing fossil fuels, such as coal, oil,...show more content...
In the 17th century, scientists noted the ill effects that industry and acidic pollution was having on vegetation and people. However, the term acid rain was not coined until two centuries later when Angus Smith published a book called 'Acid Rain' in 1872. In the 1960s, the problems associated with acid deposition became an international problem when fishermen noticed declines in fish numbers and diversity in many lakes throughout North America and Europe. Now Acid rain is commonly know nation wide. It takes place when discharge of sulphur dioxide (S02) and oxides of nitrogen (N0x) react in the atmosphere with water, oxygen, and oxidants to form various acidic compounds. This mixture then forms a solution of sulphuric and nitric acid compounds. Sunlight then increases the rate of these reactions. Theses compounds then fall to the ground in either a wet form (such as rain, snow and fog or it can fall in a dry form (such as gas particles). Once the acid rain falls the runoff water adds those acids to fully acid rain making the combination more acidic then the falling rain alone. Acid rain causes acidification of rivers and lakes.
Wiping out whole populations of fish also no frog eggs are laid and no bird eggs etc.
All living things surrounding the lake or river die including plant life, which cannot under go photosynthesis. The reason animals and
Pollution
Pollution is the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment. It is a major problem in America and as well as the world. Pollution not only damages the environment, but damages us also. It has cause many problems ranging from lung cancer to the greenhouse effect. It is all among us but we continue to live in our own filth. What is the reason behind this flawed logic? In this paper I will examine the problems and solutions for this issue.
Automobiles are undeniable the greatest source of pollution. The noise pollution created by cars is immense. Another polluting effect of cars is the heat it creates. This heat makes it unpleasant to be near the car while its running. And of course the most famous...show more content... American citizens throw away millions of tons of garbage each year, and this trash has to go somewhere. While there are projects underway to clean and reuse this refuse most of it gets dumped into huge landfills. These landfills are disgusting festering blisters on our country's landscape. But people continue to consume and throw away more and more in the name of convenience. As they see it, when things get old, throw it away and get a new one. They blame the government for the trash problem, but the truth blame should be placed on themselves.
The last great source of pollution lays in the businesses. Although not common, businesses have been known to dump their waste products into streams, lakes, and rivers. This may seem like a relatively small occurrence that really is not your concern, but you're wrong. Each time one of these companies pollutes there are horrible consequences to pay. Mutations, destroyed ecosystems, and human death have all occurred as a direct result of illegal dumping. It contaminates our drinking water and soil. It causes entire communities of humans (not to mention animals) to move on to new places not to return for at least a century. The pollutants dumped by industry are so concentrated that a single barrel can destroy an entire lake's ecosystem. Not only do companies dump chemicals, but also hot water. This hot water kills most life it comes into contact with, but also causes an overgrowth
We need to work on stopping plastic pollution in our oceans. It is killing the animals. Birds are getting confused from plastic and krill and they get full of plastic which makes them full but they aren't getting any nutrients and they die. There is plastic covering a huge area in the gyres or a circulating ocean current. There is more than 7.25 million tons of plastic in the gyres. We are making too much plastic that we just throw away. We produce enough plastic to circle the earth four times. One could argue that the ocean is way too big for us to clean it up. The weakness is right now it would take 179,000 years to clean up unless we find a better solution. We are killing our oceans, and we need to help stop the pollution.
The ocean plastic pollution is a huge problem that most people don't notice. The plastic in the ocean is hurting people. 93 percent of Americans six or older test positive for the plastic chemical BPA. We have way to much plastic everywhere that ends up in our waterways. In the Los Angeles area alone, ten metric tons of plastic fragments–like grocery bags, straws and soda bottles–are carried into the Pacific Ocean every day. We are not doing so well on cleaning our oceans. We currently recover only five percent of the plastics we produce....show more content... The oceans have too much trash in parts of the world. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found swirling in the gyres of the oceans making up about 40 percent of the world's ocean surfaces and 80 percent of pollution enters the ocean from the land. Plastic doesn't degrade well at all. Virtually every piece of plastic that was ever made still exists in some shape or form (with the exception of the small amount that has been incinerated). Also it takes 500–1,000 years for plastic to
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