CE 371

Environment and Pollution

IMPACT OF AIR POLLUTION ON

HUMAN, VEGETATION AND
ENVIRONMENT
EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTANTS ON
HUMAN HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENT
Headache, Reduced Contribute to
Mental Alertness, the formation
Heart Attack,
Cardiovascular
of
Diseases, Impaired photochemical
Fetal Development, smog
Death

Carbon monoxide
(CO)
 Sulphur
dioxide (SO2)

Eye Irritation, Breathing

Problems,
Cardiovascular Diseases
formation of acid rain,
visibility reduction,

plant damages
 irritation of the lung,
respiratory symptoms,
susceptibility to respiratory
infections, stroke
Nitrogen
dioxide (NO2) contribute to the
formation of
photochemical smog,
formation of acid rain,
visibility reduction, water
quality deterioration
 Ozone (O3)

Plant And Ecosystem

Damage, Visible
Respiratory
Injury, Decreased
Symptoms, Eye
Productivity, Crop
Irritation, Asthma
Yield, Indirect Effect
On Global Warming
 Particulate Matter

Asthma, Impacts On Trace Gas

Cardiovascular Effects, Cycles, Cloud And Fog
Lung Damage, Allergic Formation, Absorption
Disease Visibility And Scattering
Impairment, Radiation
Effects of air pollutants on plants
Pollutant Effects on plants
SO2 Bleaching of leaves,
necrosis
O3 Premature death,
suppressed death,
necrosis, bleaching,
collapse of leaf
NO2 Suppressed death,
bleaching
 Effects of air pollutants on plants
Pollutant Effects on plants

FLOURIDES Necrosis

ETHYLENE Dropping of leaves( leaf

abscission)

PAN( PEROXY Suppressed growth,

ACETYLENE silvering of lower leaf
NITRATE) surface
NERCOSIS
Bleaching of leaves
Silvering of lower leaf