Air Pollution

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Air pollution is the accumulation in the atmosphere of substances that endanger human health and the environment.

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The average adult consumes 3,000 gallons of polluted air every day

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Prevents fires and use your fireplace less.

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Turn your car off while waiting at drive thrus and train tracks to conserve gas and add less pollutants.

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Buy used or recylced products.

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Save energy by turning off lights when you leave a room or use cold water instead of hot.

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Plant a tree! Help the earth

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Limit your use of a car... walk or ride your bike. This will help keep our air clean.

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Particulate Matter in the atomosphere can cause eye irritation, asthma, lung damage, cancer, and other life threatening diseases.

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Sulfur Dioxide in the air can lead to eye irritation, wheezing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath.

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Carbon Monoxide can cause headaches, heart attacks, cardiovascular disease, impaired fetel develpment which can lead to death.

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According to the EPA estimates, mobile sources (cars, planes, construction equipment) are the major contributors of key air pollutants.

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Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, is the main pollutant that is warming Earth.

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Almost 1,5 billion people breathe high level of pollution each and every day, according to the World Health Organization.

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Air pollution around cities is clearly visible from space.

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There are laws regulating the use of sulfur dioxide, particulates, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ground-level ozone, and lead.

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Natural events, living creatures and toxic by-products cause air pollution.