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