Air Pollution
By:Kayla Nguyen
What is Air Pollution?
Is an presence into the air of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.
Air Pollution Affect Health
- Premature Death
- Shortness of breath and chest pain
- Wheezing and Coughing
- Increased asthma attack
- Increase treatment or hospitalization of people with lung diseases, such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
Long-term exposure to polluted air can have permanent health effects:
- Accelerated aging of the lungs
- Loss of lung capacity
- Decreased lung function
- Development of diseases such as asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, good chance of cancer
- Shortened life span
Prevent Air Pollution
Shopping the Green Way
Buy Products that have recycle in it, use the green bags. Instead of plastic or paper. Another way of shopping the Green Way is to buy healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables.
Drive Smarter
When there are nice days walk or bike, using your car will harm the environment. Why drive when there's a bright sunny day waiting for you!!!
Save Energy
Conserve energy by turning off appliances and lights when you leave a room. Recycle paper, plastic, glass bottle, cardboard, and aluminum cans.
News
Air Pollution is affecting worldwide. There are many people dying cause of it. Therefor East Asia has it the worst. Estimated that more than a million of people dying. Next, there is India second most highest air pollution estimated deaths at 397,000. Going into the future climate will change and get more severe. That is why we should do all we can so that numbers of death will decrease.
On April 10th, 2015 England faced the worst air quality, with the mixture of smog and red dust from the Sahara. 29,000 people more than 16 times died on the roads. Which mean one and eight of British Death.
Organzations
- U.S Environmental Protection Industry - studies and researches danger to human life.
- David Suki Foundations- Offers ways to healthy life, to avoid air pollution
- Use a drying rack or clothesline to save the energy otherwise used during machine drying.
- Take shorter showers. (reduce water bill)
- Walk or bike
- Make your own cleaning products
Future Of Air Pollution
- Climate change the more severe it will become.
- The world would be damage.
- More people with lung diseases.
- More deaths.