Air Pollution

Air Pollution

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A Subject: 025: Science: Environment
A Title: Air Pollution

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        In the past few decades, people have come to recognize air pollution as a major environmental concern not just in the United States, but internationally as well.   This however, is not a current issue.   In fact, the importance of good air quality was reco
ng or heart disease, the elderly, and very young children under the age of five (Buchdahl "Health Effects" 1).   In a study taken, it was estimated that six of every ten Americans live in an area that fails to meet one or more federal air quality standards
        What therefore should the citizens of this country do to prevent such catastrophes?   This paper aims to expose the different types of air pollutants, where they come from, their specific effects on the environment, and what we as human beings should do t

Air Pollutants
        First, one must take a look at the different pollutants and air toxins.   Ozone is a gas that can be both beneficial and very harmful.   High in the upper atmosphere it may shield the earth from the harmful ultraviolet radiation waves from the sun.   Howeve
        Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas that comes from the exhaust of motor vehicles after fossil fuels, mainly oil and gas, are burned or combusted incompletely (Buchdahl "Health Effects" 2).   Cars, buses, and some industrial plants tend to gi
        The next major pollutants are hydrocarbons.   These tend to be released by many man-made sources mainly fossil fuel combustion (Brownstein 1).   Some hydrocarbons can directly create health hazards.   Benzene, a colorless clear liquid is highly volatile, or
        The last two pollutants are of particular interest because they...