Air Pollution Continues to be A Global Problem
Posted by Daniel Lee on Saturday, April 6, 2013
Under: Air Pollution
Air pollution is a reality in today industrialized, technologically advanced world. It includes all contaminants in the atmosphere in the form of gases or particles and found both indoors and outdoors. Humans breathe in up to 20,000 liters of air per day, with the risk of inhaling hazardous chemicals which ironically are largely caused by human activity itself.
One aspect of humanity that contributes to air pollution is industrialization. The primary cause, it has allowed fossil fuels such as oil, gas, and coal to contaminate the atmosphere. Population growth also plays a big role; more people, more resource consumption. Globalization is deemed as an effective facilitator of air pollution, causing industry facilities to accumulate in cheap labor countries and creating ollution havens?
These three fundamental causes of air pollution permit all kinds of air pollutants from fossil fuels to waft in the atmosphere. One of this is Sulfur Oxide (SO2), majorly emitted by power generation for public electricity and heat production such as power plants. The use of energy for the manufacture of products, from construction to consumer goods, releases much SO2. This pollutant causes respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses.
Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) is a pollutant produced out of fossil fuel combustion such as power generation and motor vehicles. Motor vehicles alone emit over 24,471 Gg, with the United States, China, Brazil, India and Russia as the largest producers of NOx in the world. High levels of NOx can be harmful and even fatal for humans, animals and plants; good thing in vehicles possess catalytic converters that reduce hazardous emissions.
The extremely toxic gas, Carbon Monoxide (CO), is a product of incomplete fossil fuel combustion. This gas affects the blood ability to carry oxygen and CO poisoning is fatal. effectively help minimize CO emissions and lessen the risks it brings.
Human life is presently dependent on activities that produce all kinds of pollutants. Fossil fuels are seemingly needed for the production of goods and for daily functioning. It is fortunate that exhaust systems, , and many other devices help regulate air pollution. Hopefully, sprouting alternative energy sources and industry processes will be patronized globally, not having to let the atmosphere and all living things within it suffer from air pollution.
One aspect of humanity that contributes to air pollution is industrialization. The primary cause, it has allowed fossil fuels such as oil, gas, and coal to contaminate the atmosphere. Population growth also plays a big role; more people, more resource consumption. Globalization is deemed as an effective facilitator of air pollution, causing industry facilities to accumulate in cheap labor countries and creating ollution havens?
These three fundamental causes of air pollution permit all kinds of air pollutants from fossil fuels to waft in the atmosphere. One of this is Sulfur Oxide (SO2), majorly emitted by power generation for public electricity and heat production such as power plants. The use of energy for the manufacture of products, from construction to consumer goods, releases much SO2. This pollutant causes respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses.
Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) is a pollutant produced out of fossil fuel combustion such as power generation and motor vehicles. Motor vehicles alone emit over 24,471 Gg, with the United States, China, Brazil, India and Russia as the largest producers of NOx in the world. High levels of NOx can be harmful and even fatal for humans, animals and plants; good thing in vehicles possess catalytic converters that reduce hazardous emissions.
The extremely toxic gas, Carbon Monoxide (CO), is a product of incomplete fossil fuel combustion. This gas affects the blood ability to carry oxygen and CO poisoning is fatal. effectively help minimize CO emissions and lessen the risks it brings.
Human life is presently dependent on activities that produce all kinds of pollutants. Fossil fuels are seemingly needed for the production of goods and for daily functioning. It is fortunate that exhaust systems, , and many other devices help regulate air pollution. Hopefully, sprouting alternative energy sources and industry processes will be patronized globally, not having to let the atmosphere and all living things within it suffer from air pollution.
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