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.