Air Pollution
By: Ray Carlton III
How does the air get polluted?
• It gets polluted by the introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological matter that can cause some big problems to humans, organisms, or damages to the environment into the atmosphere.
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• Air pollution can be in the form of solid particles, liquid droplets, or gases.
• It is also concentrated in densely populated metropolitan areas.
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
• It’s a greenhouse gas emitted from combustion but it is also gas vital to living organisms.
• It is also a natural gas in the atmosphere.
Nitrogen Oxide (Cox)
• Nitrogen oxide is emitted by high temperature combustion.
• It can be seen as brown haze dome above downwind of cities.
Sulfur Oxide
• Is produced by volcanoes and industrial process.
Carbon Monoxide
• It’s a colorless, odorless, nonirritating, but it is a poisonous gas.
• It’s a product of incomplete combustion of natural gas, coal, or wood.
Volatile Organic compounds
• It’s a very important outdoor air pollutant.
Particulate Matter
• They are tiny particles that are solid or liquid trapped in a gas.
Radioactive Pollutants
• They are produced by nuclear explosions, war explosions, and natural processes.
Anthropogenic sources of air pollution.
• Stationary sources-smoke stacks of power plants, manufacturing facilities, and waste incinerators.
• Mobile sources-marine vessels, motor vehicles, aircraft, and the effect of sound etc.
What kind of things can pollution do to humans?
• Air pollution can cause people to have the following
• Heart Disease• Emphysema• Lung cancer
Natural Sources of air pollution.
• Dust from natural sources, usually large areas of land with little or no vegetation.
• Methane, emitted by the digestion
How can we keep this from happening?
• Make things that don’t put any pollution in the air like hybrid cars and just have solar energy.
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