AIR POLLUATION

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 AIR POLLUATION
*POLLUTION IS THE CONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT WITH
MATERIALS THAT INTERFERE WITH HUMAN HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE OR
NATURAL FUNCTION OF ECOSYSTEMS
*EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES THE POLLUTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IS A
RESULT OF NATURAL CAUSES, SUCH AS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, MOST OF
THE POLLUTING SUBSTANCES COME FROM HUMAN ACTIVITIES.
AIR POLLUTION INSIDE
RISK FACTORS AND DISEASES

*ABOUT HALF OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION • PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPOSED TO

LIVES IN HOUSEHOLDS POLLUTED WITH COOKING HOUSEHOLD AIR POLLUTION HAVE AN
SMOKE, RESULTING IN COMBUSTION AND USE OF INCREASED RISK FOR:
MODERN TECHNOLOGIES. THIS EXPOSURE IS
PARTICULARLY LARGE AMONG WOMEN AND 1. CARDIOVASCULAR
YOUNG CHILDREN, WHO SPEND THE MOST TIME IN
THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT.
2. RESPIRATORY DISEASES
• *THE POLLUTION OF HOUSEHOLD AIR IS 3. RESPIRATORY DISEASES
RESPONSIBLE FOR 45% OF ALL DEATHS CAUSED
BY PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS
4. CATARACT
OLD AND CONTRIBUTES TO 28% OF ALL DEATHS 5. PREGNANT WOMEN HAVE A HIGHER
CAUSED BY PNEUMONIA IN ADULTS.
DEGREE OF COMPLICATIONS
EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION ON THE
ENVIRONMENT
• AT THE LEVEL OF THE PLANET, THE
GREENHOUSE EFFECT CAUSED BY GAS
EMISSIONS APPEARED. THE GREENHOUSE
GASES CAPTURE THE HEAT OF THE EARTH INTO
THE ATMOSPHERE AND LEAD TO THE INCREASE
OF TEMPERATURES. THUS, CLIMATIC CHANGES
APPEAR: INCREASED WATER LEVEL, EXTREME
METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA, DEATHS DUE
TO HIGH HEAT AND INCREASE THE DEGREE OF
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
• ALSO, GASES ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE
(NITROGEN OXIDES, SULFUR OXIDES, ETC.)
AND MIXING THEM WITH WATER DROPS, LEADS
TO THE APPEARANCE OF ACID RAIN
PHENOMENON. SOIL, FAUNA AND VEGETATION
ARE SEVERELY AFFECTED, AS WELL AS
POPULATIONS LIVING IN AREAS WITH SUCH
PROBLEMS.
POLLUTION ON HUMAN
HEALTH
• CERTAIN AIR POLLUTANTS CAN BE DANGEROUS EVEN IN
VERY SMALL QUANTITIES. THEREFORE, FOR THEM, THERE
ARE LEGAL REGULATIONS. THESE INCLUDE MERCURY,
LEAD, DIOXINS AND BENZENE. THESE POLLUTANTS APPEAR
AS A RESULT OF GAS OR COAL BURNING, FOLLOWING
INCINERATION OR CAN BE FOUND IN GASOLINE, AS IS THE
CASE OF BENZENE, WHICH IS CARCINOGEN. IT CAN LEAD
TO IRRITATION IN THE EYES, SKIN AND LUNGS. CAN CREATE
DISORDERS IN THE LONG -TERM BLOOD SYSTEM. DIOXINS
CAN SOMETIMES BE FOUND IN FOODS, BUT THEY ARE
PRESENT IN THE AIR IN SMALL QUANTITIES.
• POLLEN AND MOLD ARE OTHER POLLUTANT FACTORS THAT
AFFECT HUMAN HEALTH. ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT COME
DIRECTLY FROM INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES, THEY ARE
EXACERBATED BY CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER
POLLUTANTS, AS EXPLAINED BEFORE. ALLERGENS OF
TREES, WEEDS AND GRASS, AS WELL AS MOLD, ARE
TRANSPORTED BY AIR AND ARE DANGEROUS TO THE BODY.
THE MOLD OCCURS ESPECIALLY WHEN RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS, SCHOOLS OR BUSINESSES UNDERGO DAMAGE.
PEOPLE EXPOSED TO MOLD MAY HAVE ASTHMA ATTACKS
OR STRONG ALLERGIC REACTIONS. SOME TYPES OF MOLD
PRODUCE TOXIC SUBSTANCES THAT ARE DANGEROUS FOR
ALL CATEGORIES OF POPULATION. POLLEN ALLERGIES ARE
AGGRAVATED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE SUFFER SYMPTOMS SUCH AS FEVER, ITCHING IN
THE EYE AREA, NASAL CONGESTIONS OR STRONG
SECRETIONS.
HOW CAN WE
FIGHT IT?
1. THE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT - THE USE OF PUBLIC
TRANSPORT CONSIDERABLY
2. REDUCES AIR POLLUTION
3. ENERGY SAVING
4. REUSE AND RECYCLING OF MATERIALS
5. USE OF GREEN ENERGY
6. MODERNIZATION OF INSTALLATIONS OR CLOSING THE NON –
PERFORMING
7. USING THE BEST TECHNIQUES AVAILABLE IN EACH TYPE OF
INDUSTRY
OF COURSE, EACH, IN HIS HOUSE OR AT WORK,
ON THE STREET OR WHEREVER THEY ARE, CAN
CONTRIBUTE A LITTLE TO INCREASING THE AIR
QUALITY THAT WE ALL BREATHE - GATHERED,
BUT ALL THESE LITTLE EFFORTS, CAN
GENERATE MAJOR CHANGES IN REGARDING
THE PREVENTION OF AIR POLLUTION.

PROTECTS THE AIR

ENVIRONMENT!!!
HE IS OUR HOUSE!!!