Air pollution

 Air pollution occurs when certain toxic gases in contact

with the particles of the atmosphere, seriously impairing
and harmful to human health, animals and plants.
 How the air is contaminated?
 The air we breathe is contaminated when different substances to its
natural composition, or are introduced when the amounts of its natural
components remain unchanged. Broadly, air pollution can be caused
by natural factors such as volcanic emissions and ash, smoke fire
unprovoked, dust and pollen and spores of plants, fungi and bacteria.
 However, pollution from human activities, called anthropogenic
pollution, is what represents the most serious threat to the stability of
the biosphere in general risk.
 This pollution is caused by various reasons,
but the highest incidence is due to
commercial industrial, domestic,
agricultural and car engines, on the impact
of substances thrown into the atmosphere.
Motor vehicles, for example, contaminated
with carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide,
ozone and suspended all industrialized city
plomo.En dioxide particles, one can
identify different pollutants, but
predominantly petroleum products,
engines and various industries the vehicle
perform combustion.
Consequences of air pollution

 Air pollution causes serious effects on humans causing coughing, eye and
throat irritation, respiratory problems, nervous and cardiovascular reaching
cause cancer.
 Several epidemiological studies warn that prolonged exposure to air
pollution affects so harmful to health, increase emergency room visits,
hospital admissions and deaths.
 The segment of the population most affected by this contamination are
pregnant, patients with respiratory complications, the elderly and children.
The latter finish developing at age 25, so inhaling polluted air interferes with
the growth of their lungs. The baseline function of your lungs will be low
throughout his life.
 Ozone layer

 Ozone layer (O3) consists of three oxygen molecules, one more than what
is in the air we breathe. This layer is important because it protects us from
the sun's ultraviolet rays. But the gases from industrial and overpopulated
areas, and places where coexists car traffic and high temperatures have
made the layer decreases. The most affected areas are rural and suburban
by the release of chlorofluorocarbons in aerosols and air conditioners. The
lack of ozone can cause melanoma, cataracts and damage to crops
because it would damage ultraviolet rays.
 The greenhouse effect

 The greenhouse effect is caused by the accumulation in the

atmosphere of gases such as water vapor, methane and
nitrogen oxide. The main responsible for this phenomenon is the
famous CO2 or carbon dioxide. This gas absorbs heat radiation,
causing the radiant energy reflected from the Earth's surface is
captured in the atmosphere. In this way elevasu temperature
and the planet, and also the gases and particles that are floating
in the air they build a screen that prevent us from seeing the sun
clearly.
 Solutions to air pollution
 The best remedy air pollution is to base our whole life in
clean and renewable energy. Besides encouraging use
of public transport, bicycle and electric car. It is also
important to control gas emissions by the authorities to
encourage the use of alternative sources.
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