| Just the other day, I experienced the nauseating | | | | two PACKS of cigarettes. TWO PACKS! |
| sensation of driving down a pass into the air pollution | | | | Holes in the ozone layer, which is a layer in the upper |
| in Los Angeles. We need clean air to be healthy, but | | | | atmosphere, allow more harmful UVB (ultraviolet B) |
| these air pollution facts make me ill. | | | | light to reach us from the sun. This light can cause |
| Air Pollution Facts | | | | skin cancer as well as sun burns and lesser ailments. |
| There are many different types of pollution that | | | | There are other causes for the holes in this layer |
| affect our environment. The Earth's waters are | | | | besides just smog, and these include carbon dioxide |
| affected by pollutants such as chemicals and medical | | | | released from burning fossil fuels and even the |
| waste, and the land itself is also polluted with | | | | exhaling of farm animals. While we would consider |
| garbage and even more types of chemicals. Some of | | | | most of the harm done to the atmosphere to be |
| the worst pollution that affects us daily, however, is | | | | caused by chemicals, air pollution facts tell us that |
| air pollution. Here are some air pollution thoughts that | | | | even animals have a hand in creating air pollution. |
| should make you hack, cough and start wearing a | | | | So, what can we do to stop air pollution? While there |
| filter mask. | | | | is no way to completely get rid of pollutants that |
| Air pollution is a general term that is used to describe | | | | harm our air quality and ozone layer, we can help to |
| any chemical, biological or other matter that causes | | | | eliminate man made causes of atmospheric distress. |
| changes in the atmosphere. A good example is the | | | | Cutting down on the use of fossil fuels, using |
| pollution caused by large cities, which is also known | | | | non-chemical based cleaners, and generally thinking |
| as smog. Smog is the accumulation of all the dirt and | | | | "green" can all help to reduce the amount of air |
| chemical pollutants produced by a city or area, and it | | | | pollution we produce. A fundamental solution is to get |
| can be detrimental to our lungs, other animals, plants | | | | off of fossil fuels for our cars and the hybrid vehicles |
| and even the ozone layer high above us. | | | | are a good start. If the mythical hydrogen vehicle |
| The particularly nasty thing about air pollution is the | | | | ever comes to be, the reduction of air pollution in |
| silent, unseen impact it has on us. Whereas we can | | | | major cities will be astounding. |
| see and taste water pollution, air pollution is much | | | | While there is no real way to fix the damage we |
| less obvious. It is, however, still deadly. For instance, | | | | have already done to the atmosphere, people can |
| everyone knows smoking is bad for you and will ruin | | | | definitely stop more problems from occurring. In your |
| your lungs. Yet, not a single person either seems to | | | | everyday life, try to produce less air pollution by |
| know or care that among air pollution facts, one of | | | | taking simple steps to use less chemicals and fossil |
| the ugliest is as follows. If you drive in rush hour | | | | fuels. We've got a long way to make the world a |
| traffic in Los Angeles with your window rolled down, | | | | less polluted place, but every little step towards a |
| the harm to your lungs per hour is equal to smoking | | | | "greener" Earth will help us all breathe a little easier. |