Smog

Take a moment right now to take a nice, refreshing breath. Now imagine if you weren 't able to enjoy that. Imagine the air was so thick with dust and smog and tiny, deadly particles that you can barely breathe the air around you. Richard Muller said “It’s as if every man, woman, and child were smoking 1.5 cigarettes each hour in Beijing, China.” Many people cannot even stand to be near someone when they are constantly being bombarded with second hand smoke. Imagine never having the opportunity…

As we have already realized, in our industrial world, human beings’ activities have caused many damages to the environment. Air pollution is one of the biggest pollution of industrial pollution, and PM 2.5 is a very important indicator of air pollution. Specifically, PM 2.5 is the particulate matter which less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter. More vivid to show how small PM 2.5 is, a picture from United States Environmental Protection Agency shows the diameter of a PM 2.5 particulates is much…

Air pollution has been a growing concern in the New England area over the past few decades. Air pollution can come from many different sources including stationary sources like factories and power plants, mobile sources like vehicles, agricultural sources found from gassy animals and their waste products, as well as natural sources like wildfires, dust storms and other natural occurrences. Various cities around New England have identified the sources that are contributing to the air pollution…

affected the health of the surrounding populations. The increased levels of premature morbidity and mortality for all residents. With historic smog and PM2.5 levels, the population of New Delhi is at risk of developing various chronic and acute respiratory and cardiovascular conditions. Air pollution is particularly damaging to sensitive populations, such as children, older individuals, and individuals…

Air pollution started getting real noticeable after more and more factors were being built every day. With over 100,000 factores just in Canada you can see why air pollution is a big factor for how are air quality is. This will affect people's health because we will be breathing air that has been contaminated. This can also affect the society because alerts will go out telling people that it's not safe to go outside. It's not just factors that are polluting the air, it's us humans that are…

Picture it now, living in one of the unique picturesque canal houses that nestle cozily in with other canal houses with the occasional museum. The brick front houses with striking gables and dual entrances come with the faint sounds of the casual boat buzzing by. The beautiful Amstel River trickling in front of the house. This is the beautiful architecture of the Dutch Golden Age. The beautiful parks full of Dutch tulips and luscious green grass. Winding brick roads to walk and cycle along. Art…

Since World War II that ended in 1965, more than two million migrants have entered Australia (Migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au, 2014). In 1947, the number of migrations was approximately 250,000 and in 2009 there was a rapid increase of migrants to approximately 450,000 (J. Shu et al- See Figure 1). Betts (2010) states that Australia has an ongoing referendum of individual’s attitudes towards the amount of migrants coming into the country. Although statistics show that majority of individuals…

killer in China than smoking, says new Greenpeace study”4 (04 February, 2015) : “Tiny smog-inducing pollutants, known as PM2.5, led to about 257,000 premature deaths across the mainland 's 31 municipalities and provincial capitals in 2013, according to the study - an average of about 90 in every 100,000 deaths.” People have to work…

Air Pollution Most people died from lung cancer because of their unhealthy habits; however, nowadays more people suffer from this malignant disease regardless of their lifestyle. This is due to the widespread of environmental problems, especially air pollution, which is produced by pollutants including sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and particulate matters (such as PM2.5 and PM10). “Each 10-µg/m3 of pollutants was associated with approximately ... 8% increased risk of lung…

The Central Valley has played an important role in California being the strongest economic state in the country. The Central Valley, which population centers comprise of Fresno, Clovis, Modesto, and Visalia, have contributed substantially to California’s economy by being one of its leading agricultural producers. In contrast to its city-orientated “brother” in south California, or the “Bay area,” the Central Valley does not typically have busy streets, tall buildings, sandy beaches, and…