Air Pollution
Air is causing health problems and unhealthy conditions.
How you can help make a diffrence.
- Car pool, bike or walk
- Combine errands to reduce gas
- Environmentally safe paints and cleaning products.
- Conserve electricity.
- Limit engine idling.
- Use household, workshop,and garden chemicals in ways that keep evaporation to a minimum.
Harming the world.
What is air pollution?
Air pollution is when you release harmful substances into the air. The Ozone is a big part of smog in big city's.
Side effects.
- Premature death,
- Shortness of breath and chest pain,
- Wheezing and coughing,
- Increased risk of asthma attacks, and
- Increased treatment or hospitalization
Its harming our health.
- Asthma can be caused from air poullution that you breath in, even in adulthood.
- Second hand smoke and other air pollution can cause or worsen lung diseases.
Air pollution is harmful to the body and the lungs. It can give you a cough or wheeze, or cause/ worsen lung diseases including asthma. It will even kill people.
Sources
Agency, Environmental Protection. "Air Pollution: MedlinePlus." U.S National Library of Medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2 Apr. 2015. Web. 16 Apr. 2015.
"Air Quality." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, 8 Oct. 2014. Web. 20 Apr. 2015.
"Impacts on Your Health - American Lung Association." American Lung Association. American Lung Association, 2015. Web. 10 Apr. 2015.
"Learning More About Asthma - American Lung Association." American Lung Association. American Lung Association, 2015. Web. 08 Apr. 2015.
"Protecting Your Lungs - American Lung Association." American Lung Association. American Lung Association, 2015. Web. 08 Apr. 2015.
"You Can Help Keep the Air Cleaner -- Every Day!" You Can Help Keep the Air Cleaner -- Every Day! Air Now, 4 Aug. 2014. Web. 16 Apr. 2015.
"You Can Help Keep the Air Cleaner -- Every Day!" You Can Help Keep the Air Cleaner -- Every Day! Air Now, 5 Aug. 2014. Web. 20 Apr. 2015.
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