Smog

That was a shitty day. Let’s start from the beginning, shall we? First of all, it was 10 a.m, and we were in London, the England’s rainy capital, where obviously was raining copiously, filling my shoes and pants. No, everything was filled with water, even my face, even if I had my hoodie lowered on. Actually… in that moment I wasn’t wearing it, but while I sneaked closer to Faquarl’s kitchens, I can assure you that the hoodie was perfectly covering my face. In that moment, the hoodie was…

Radon is an unscented gas that comes from the radioactive decay of radium; radium itself comes from the radioactive decay of uranium, therefore radon originates from the radioactive decay of uranium. Approximately all uranium is found in the ground and bedrock, meaning radon continuously leaks out of the ground into the air, water, and built structures, such as houses. As stated above, Radon can be found outdoors in the air, soil, water in lakes and rivers, and even inside built structures.…

Montgomery County’s environment was classified amid the filthiest twenty percent, for carcinogen emissions, of all United States counties in 2002. Before that, in 1999, it was categorized among the worst thirty percent in unpredictable organic compound outputs. Also, three percent of homes are vulnerable to a high risk of lead exposure. Fortunately, there are is no record of any waste sites on the EPA’s official list. Therefore, the area most seriously affected by pollution in this particular…

Canada spans over 9 million km2 of territorial surface land filled with various terrains and climates. In the west, there are plains and mountains while, in the southeast, there are lowlands. In the north, it is arctic while, in the south, it is temperate. This diversity among its ecosystems is responsible for the wide array of flora and fauna throughout the nation. Caribou, wolverines, and sturgeons are examples of iconic Canadian animals- however they are all threatened by numerous human…

The presence of excess noise has been associated with occupational hearing loss, which is the most common work-related injury in the United States (CDC, 2012). Over 22 million workers in the US are exposed to hazardous levels of noise in their work place. Additionally, there are many ototoxic chemicals that can attributed to the damage to the parts of the ear that are associated with hearing such as: toluene, styrene, xylene and can be synergistic with mechanical stress to the ear (USAPHC,…

STEM Capstone Research Experience 2015-2016: Literature Review Capstone Problem Statement: Vehicles that traipse around college campuses are depositing additional pollution into the air every day. According to the EPA, each of us breathes around 30,000 gallons of air each day. Air pollution in a person’s environment puts them at a higher risk for asthma, mesothelioma, influenza, lung cancer, and other respiratory diseases. As claimed by the World Health Organization, a total of approximately 7…

Out of the 3.976 million people that live in Los Angeles, more than 3,000 people suffer from pollution-related respiratory diseases caused by the wildfires in 2017. A study released March 29, 2017 found that in 2007, air pollution lead to the premature deaths of 3.45 million people worldwide. In many parts of the United States, pollution has reduced the distance and clarity of what we see by 70 percent.The air pollution in South California was caused by the wildfires of 2017. It affected the…

Zara Beadle METR 113 24 November 15 Assignment #4 SF Bay Area Air Pollution Risk Assessment The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) is an agency responsible for air pollution control in the San Francisco Bay Area. The BAAQMD is devoted to improving air quality and public health to all Bay Area citizens. Communities in the SF Bay Area that have the highest health risk from air pollution are Concord, Eastern San Francisco, Western Alameda County, Redwood City/East Palo Alto,…

went to sleep and never woke up, and if they did, it was to the sound of people coughing and hacking in the middle of the night. In the story, “Killer Smog” by Lauren Tarshis, killer smog has devastated thousands of people living in London at the time. The smog was so dense and thick the people couldn’t even drive to work or go to school. In the…

Shortly after World War II, thick clouds of smog hovered above major cities around the United States. American’s were becoming very ill and dying from health related issues from pollution inhalation. Rivers and lakes were littered with garbage and were too contaminated to enjoy. The misuse of pesticides was occurring around the nation, killing everything in its path, literally. Over three million gallons of crude oil spewed into the ocean at a rate of one thousand gallons, an hour, for a month.…