Air pollution

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According to Azadeh Ansari, did you know that millions of people die
prematurely a year from the effects of air pollution (2015)? Air pollution is

What is the problem/topic?

a worldwide problem that is caused by our reliance and overuse of

industrial technology. In our atmosphere, there is a mixture of 10 or more
gases that contribute to air pollution. Air pollution has many causes but is
mainly from our everyday activities. It doesnt only impact our
environment it impacts us.

Air pollution is causing

problems all around the world

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for all living things, the

environment, and our ozone

layer. The Earth has a mixture of
gases in the atmosphere
(Woodford, 2015). The mixture
of gases is wearing our ozone
layer thin. This means that if we

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dont help decrease air pollution

that we could risk putting the
whole world in danger.
What are the impacts to the
environment?

What is causing the issue?

Air pollution negatively impacts our

environment in many ways. One of the

Air pollution is largely man made. As our population grows, the more

impacts is climate change and dangerous

cars and factories we need to support society. Fossil fuels are created from

weather. Air pollution causes severe

the remains from the living organism, such as coal or gas. Vehicles and

droughts, heavy rain, tornadoes,

factories burn fossil fuels which causes air pollution. This reveals that is

hurricanes, acid rain, and urban smog

our population keeps growing we will keep producing more and more
pollution. Almost anything we use in our daily life can cause air pollution.
Things that we do that we wouldnt expect like chopping down trees and
burning wood cause air pollution. Everything that gives off smoke or gas
etc, can contribute air pollution.

(Cleaner Greener Academy, 2016). This

demonstrates what everyone around the
world has been experiencing. There is a
type of machine that can show by placing
red splotches where air pollution is. New
jersey and New York's port has a red
splotch which means that there is a high
amount of air pollution. (DePillis, 2015).
But red splotches are seen all over the
world meaning that its not only New
Jersey who is getting affected.(DePillis,
2015) This means that we are all getting
affected by air pollution.

What are the impacts to personal

health?

Millions of people die prematurely

each year because of the effects of air
pollution (Ansari, 2015). Having air
pollution in our world we have a risk
of getting asthma. Being exposed to
cigarettes is a type of air pollution and
people can develop cancer (DePillis,
2015) . Asthma and cancer aren't the
only illness you can get from air
pollution, you can have heart attack,
heart failure, lung disease, and more.
This means that we can catch many
diseases from our air over time. In
conclusion, we need to find ways to
help get our air quality back to
normal.

What are current solutions?

In conclusion, air pollution is a serious problem in
our world. We are the ones that contribute to air

For many years, weve been trying to create

pollution which makes it worse. On special radars

solutions to end air pollution. Some industrial

based to find air pollution it is seen all over our

type solutions are to plant more trees, burn less

nations and the world. Air pollution can cause

fossil fuels, move factories far away from

diseases and respiratory problems. Low quality fuels

residents (SMart learning for all, 7 months

that are used in Asia and other populous countries

ago),and make electricity powered vehicles and

for everyday activities cause a high premature death

machines. (Depillis,2015). This means that we

rate. (Ansari,2015). We already have an electricity

are trying to make an effort to help get rid of

powered car, Lets work together to decrease and get

air pollution. Some solutions based on our

rid of air pollutions.

everyday society are to conserve the amount of

energy we use and share rides together
(NHDES,no date). This demonstrates how we
are some what tied to the cause of air pollution.

APAReferencePage
Cleaner+GreenerAcademy(2016)
http://www.cleanerandgreener.org/resources/airpollution.html
LydiaDePillis(2015)
http://sks.sirs.com/cgibin/hstarticledisplay?
id=SCA422207547&artno=0000377823&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=Air%
20pollution&title=Bad%20Air%20by%20the%
20Water&res=Y&ren=N&gov=N&lnk=Y&ic=N
AzadehAnsari(2015)
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/health/airpollutiondeathsrising
NationalInstituteofEnvironmentalHealthScience(2015)
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/airpollution/
ChrisWoodford(2015)
http://www.explainthatstuff.com/airpollutionintroduction.html
NewHampshireDepartmentofEnvironmentalScience(nodate)
http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/air/tsb/ams/aqmdp/share.htm
SmartLearningforAll(7months)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAKyhfxxr7s

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