Essays on Air Pollution

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Abstract
This paper examines the air pollution problem in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Heavy pollution in the city has become a concern because of the increasing cases of health problems. Many babies are being born with defects in vital organs, pregnant women are miscarrying and the level of respiratory disease cases has risen. Although burning of coal in homes, during winter, causes pollution other sources of pollution contribute as well. The high altitude and the mountains surrounding Ulaanbaatar worsen pollution in the city. In winter, the Siberian anticyclone causes the city to have temperature inversion and high pressure, which do not

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Today, one of the global issues people face to is different types of pollution. With human development, pollution is becoming worse, and as a result, other issues appear. Among them are global warming, new diseases, deforestation and many others. But, it was not like this all the time, as at the beginning the level of pollution was not so high. Otherwise, it would have been an apocalypse already. That was the industry development that caused global pollution.
Even in the late 13th century, people knew about air pollution. For instance, King of England Edward I punished every Londoner, who

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1.0 INTRODUCTION
The importance of environmental concerns on the 21st century primarily lies on the lingering effects of climate change caused by unhealthy industrial practices. Aviation, in particular, is a heavily industrial field known for its various potential environmental effects, especially as its facilities emit greenhouse gasses. Therefore, unsustainably operated airports pose open risks to the environment, as their extensively industrialized nature cause air and water pollution to their immediate surroundings. Adverse environmental consequences arising from the operation of airports may become irreparable for the long term without the application of proper sustainability measures.
Sustainability measures enable harmonious relations

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Cars and trucks cause air pollution through their entire operational life. This includes pollution that the vehicle emits during its operation, manufacturing, refueling and disposal. There are also additional emissions that are related to the refining and distribution of fuel for these vehicles. There are two types of pollution from car trucks; primary (direct emissions to the atmosphere) and secondary (pollutants in the atmosphere undergo chemical reactions). Some of the major pollutants from cars and trucks include particulate matter, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide. Rethinking transportation in large cities can go a long way in reducing

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The excellence of the air around us is referred as ‘air quality'. In the case when the area is given good air quality credit, then it means that the air around the area is clean and most of all, unpolluted. Clean air is the most important aspects required for all living creatures on this planet. There are variant factors that causing poor air quality or pollute the air. The emissions from factories and vehicles used to play a major role in air pollution toxins. When the concentration of the pollutants reaches beyond the mark and can affect the health

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6.0 INTRODUCTION
This section provides discussions on prospective environmental impacts touted to arise from implementing the recommendations under Section 5 (Alternatives Analysis). Officials at the federal, state and local levels and the general public would benefit from the environmental overview provided in this section, as it aims to give a clearer understanding on various environmental impacts that may arise from the proposal to develop Lafayette Regional Airport. The Environmental Assessment (EA) elaborated in the Airport Environmental Handbook, under FAA Order 5050.4A stands as the model from which the environmental overview in this section is derived (FAA, 1985).
Of the

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The rain, when it falls, brings along itself the polluted water, which is obtained from the polluted environment. Acid rain is harmful to the environment as it contains too many harmful components in it. Acid rain is a polluted rain. When the air gets polluted due to industries, emission of carbon dioxide, and the emission of harmful gases from vehicles, these all combine together and create air pollution. This air pollution thus creates polluted clouds and eventually the polluted rain falls. This polluted rain is called acid rain.

According to the scientists, air pollution is the main reason of

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Countries are actively increasing their efforts to instill environmental awareness among their people. One major and physical proof of such is the numerous bills in congress that are relevant to the environment. In the United States Congress alone, there have been 162 bills sponsored relevant to environment protection starting 2013 to present (govtrack.us). This is just one indication of the seriousness of several countries to preserve the environment. However, much as the government wants to come up with all of these policies which in the end has the same goal, and that is to environmental protection, there a need

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Introduction

China’s air pollution crisis is currently a topic of concern at national and international based. It is indicated that the growing stages of pollution, more than 24 times the WHO-suggested limits, make long and short-term health threats containing of high sterility rates, and make threats to both the internal city areas and external neighboring state’s solidity. Growing fears on the impacts of pollution grows a new query: will China’s air crisis directed to more enclosed cities.

Discussion

Nowadays pollution arises from day to day. Air pollution is very awful for our well-being so illnesses increase gradually. In

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AIR POLLUTION

Public Policy Issue: Air Pollution
Since ancient times, man has struggled to find clever ideas to make life easier for the sake of progress. The struggle proved fruitful, leading to the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the 17th century and the establishment of industrialized capitals that continue to grow across the globe. Man’s continuous struggle for development is not without consequence. Populations themselves continue to grow, most notably near industrialized areas and highly urbanized areas. In the highly urbanized areas, it is affected by pollutants caused by the by-products of industrialization (outdoor air pollution) and consumer goods

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Indoor Air Pollution: Diagnosing the Causatives and Effects

Indoor air pollution is the presence of physical, chemical and biological contaminants in the indoor air that are never present in the quality and environmental friendly atmosphere. These contaminants can be particulates, gases, moulds or radon which is the main causes of the pollution. The human immune system protects the entire body against the negative effects of these contaminants. The contaminants impair the immune system after prolonged exposure. A survey published on the metropolitan area of Toronto revealed that almost 2 percents of the annual deaths were caused by indoor air pollution (Tom, 1996). In this essay, we have

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Pollution Control Proposal

This proposal is submitted to the office of the City Mayor and to the office of the City Council for the purpose of establishing an environmental program that will address the issue of air pollution in the city. This proposal shall include a background on pollution and the rationale for establishing a pollution-mitigation program as well as the costs and benefits of the implementation of such a program. The proposal concludes with an indicative listing of affirmative steps leading to an approval and implementation of the proposed pollution control program.

Background

Air pollution is a serious concern in the world

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INTRODUCTION

Pollution entails emission of toxic compounds into the environment. Air pollution is the discharge of toxic gaseous compounds into the atmosphere. Air pollutants are comprised mainly of carbonaceous compounds such smoke from cigars, chimneys, and smoke stacks in industrial settings. Air pollutants contain biological molecules or particulates which pose the danger of diseases and long-term health complications to humans, animals, and plants. This paper focuses on the effects of pollution and explores ethical aspects of pollution.
According to McLean , the main agents of air pollution are commercial industries with large scale applications of fossil fuels. Industrial air pollution is

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The globe is facing a severe environmental crisis of its kind in this 21st century. The major environmental hazard that has shaken the world at the moment is air pollution. All over the world, everybody thinks that this crisis is most likely to affect or have a catastrophic impact on humans in the future. However, even nowadays, the negative impacts of this environmental crisis are evident in all forms. These impacts range from growing deserts due to lack of enough rainfall, increased cases of cancer, majorly lung cancer as a result of unclean fresh air and lastly the loss

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200 M state avenue,

Shengang, China,

Telephone: (324)936-23154.
Minister for Environment,
China department of environment,
200 Hainan Avenue,

Beijing, China,

Telephone: (548)267 96453.
Dear Zhou Shengxian
I am an environmentalist researcher based in Shanghai. Pollution in this country has become so intense and it leads to harming of the living organisms. The manufacturing industries in China are the biggest contributors of pollution. The reason behind my research was the triggered by the reduced living index among the citizens. The mortality rate has increased and the number of health issues has become rampant in hospitals. The illnesses are mostly contributed by the

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Thesis: Emanating from intense economic development, air pollution has evolved into one of the most pertinent problems in modern China. Despite China’s GDP growth, the country has and continues to be puzzled by increased air congestion and the rise in chronic lifestyle disease including cancer and respiratory illnesses (Song & Wing 9).
Background: The persistent increase of air pollution in China is greatly attributed to the country’s economic development. As such, China’s economic development can be deduced to have occurred at the expense of the country’s public health and environment. The main reason as to why

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Introduction and Background Information

Climate change occurs as one of the topics that have generated immense debate across various settings all over the globe. This can be accredited to the threats that climate changeposes on the environment and health of the populations. The most worrying concern with regards to climate change is the fact that a significant proportion of the populations are not aware of the detrimental effects that climate changes poses to them. While much has been hypothesized regarding the implications of climate change, it is of the essence to note that the effects posed by climate change are dependent on a

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Introduction

Air pollution is a very strange phenomenon yet it is one that causes severe damage to e person’s health as well as to every other infrastructure that stays in between the community. Air pollution has numerous causes of concern in the modern world and these causes, instead of deteriorating, are only increasing on a daily basis without much cooperation to their basic destabilization . As much as it is the responsibility of world leaders to evoke the world of air pollution, they seem to be halted by business magnates who refuse to stop their mega invested projects in a

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Chinese Economic Expansion and Increased Air Pollution

In recent years, China has been experiencing unprecedented economic growth. Chinese prosperity has had negative side-effects, including extreme environmental pollution (Wong, 2014). What researchers call “ambient particulate matter pollution” was the fourth-leading risk factor for deaths in China, contributing to 1.2 million deaths in 2010. Construction, industrial waste and greenhouse gasses are the major contributors to an epidemic that is creating a public outcry for government intervention. The Chinese government and other stakeholders have asserted that air pollution is decreasing and that the main culprits are not large industrial corporations. They point to strict regulations that they claim have

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In the recent years, China has been experiencing a paramount boost in their economic development. Its economy has been growing drastically posing a big challenge to grown economies such as that of the United States. The effect of the growth of the economy has been linked a lot with the increase of air pollution in China. There have been many industries that have been put up, and the constructions are still being worked on are one of the major contributors to the pollution in China. The air pollution has been mainly concentrated in the major cities of China that

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Glossary

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-COPD
Air pollutants- the particles that pollute air
Asthma- This is a chronic lung ailment, which causes inflammation and narrowing of the airways.
Biomass-this is a biological material that is obtained from living organisms, particularly plant-based
Particulate matter- this term refers to the assortment of solid particles and liquid drips found in the air
Introduction
Air pollution refers to the introduction of biological molecules and other dangerous materials into the globe’s atmosphere, causing diseases and eventual deaths. In addition, the damage is extended to other living organisms such as crops. Most of the diseases caused

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In the past few years, China has emerged as an industrial power; however, this emergence is also followed by the environmental damage. Today, the environmental degradation is much severe in China with international and domestic repercussion that has caused long term burden on the Chinese people. The scale and speed of the rise of China as an economic power has also welcomed the air pollution. In other words, the greatest achievement has become the greatest burden in china. The double-digit economic growth is a result of urbanization and industrial expansion that requires immense amount of energy which is available

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Introduction

Pollution is the disposal of pollutants or contaminants which could alter and destroy the natural environment or even an ecosystem. Pollutants have many forms such as solid, liquid, noise and radiation. There are also many types of environment or natural resources that could be subjected to pollution. Pollution could also be naturally occurring although the main type of pollution which could result to major change is manmade (Helmer, 1997). There are many kinds of pollution, but there are three major kinds due to their size and effect which are water, air and soil pollution.

Water Pollution

Water is one of the

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Nowadays, many of the world’s countries are suffering from pollution. There are numerous kinds of pollution all over the world namely noise pollution, air pollution, water pollution and much more. These pollutions are affecting human lives in various parts of the world. I will evaluate air pollution with particular emphasize on prevailing air pollution issue in Hong Kong in this paper. In addition, I will focus on associated health effects and recommendations that need to be implemented to minimize the air pollution issue.
Air pollution occurring due to vehicles and industries is also affecting important layer known as

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- Soil Nature
The nature of soil in 1000 Davis Ferry Road, Bowling Green, KY USA is further fully described in the first section of this paper. The typical soil in the farm is Baxter soil that is typical to this area of work. The surface layer of the farm soil upto about 8 inches on the surface is brown, gravely, silt loam soil. The further subsoil between 8 inches to about 15 inches is yellowish red gravelly

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Review of “Bigger is not better: A Comparative Analysis of Cities and their Ari Pollution Impact” by Andrea Sarzunski: 2012

Andrea Sarzunski (Feb, 2012) on his article “Bigger is not better: A Comparative Analysis of Cities and their Air Pollution Impact” focus on the pressure cities have on the environment. He notes that the interaction of humans and the environment causes pollution of the air as humans engage in economic activities. In particular, the author focuses on the relationship between the size of the city and the pollution level of the city. From this argument, the author notes that the levels of pollution in the cities are closely related, though not exclusively, to the population densities of the city.

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Introduction

This term paper explores the issue of weather affecting pollution in major cities. In a major city, where there can be a higher proportion of pollution sources in a relatively small geographical area, the effects are likely to be more distinct and concentrated.
Whilst there are several causes of air pollution, it is known that the air quality at any given time can be affected by the prevailing weather conditions. For example, strong winds can rapidly transport pollutants released into the air great distances from the originating source. Conversely, in conditions when there is very light wind or in

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Vernon is an industrial city located five miles away from Los Angeles. Local environmental activist organizations have already been protesting against the Exide facility located in Vernon releasing harmful lead pollutants into the city’s air thereby endangering the city residents and employees to lead poisoning. The Environmental Protection Agency of the US (US EPA) has found that the Exide Technologies located in Vernon, California engaged in battery recycling is emitting harmful lead in the environment. Investigations by the US EPA following complaints from the community have found that the lead smelting facility has violated the provisions of Clean

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In the contemporary times, The People’s Republic of China is challenged with air pollution as the most noticeable environmental issue due to the substantial combustion of coal with insufficient emission controls (Wang & Mauzerall 1706). It is not an untold secret that China’s economy is growing rapidly. However, this economic growth is fueled by an enormous power demand that consequently poses considerable challenges to domestic, regional, and global atmospheric environments. Acid rain affects approximately one-third territory of China which is threatening the survival of marine life, forests, and agricultural fields. It is unfortunate that even

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Spies

Information passing in the First World War was made possible by pigeon post. Doing the job of spying by delivering letters up to 90 miles away was best done by tying them up on pigeon backs and releasing them home. At a time when enemy forces discovered the trick and were shooting them down, users of the 'pigeon post,' as it was known, painted them black so they would be confused for crows. Initially, they would only travel home (one way) but later on, their food was stationed away from home so they learned to travel to and

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The effect of Air Pollution

Have you ever felt that that the air quality has changed a lot in recent years? Seemingly, it has become full of pollutants coming from vehicles fumes, burning and factories wastes, making it difficult for breathing. Air pollution has become a threat for human health as it hurts their health badly and of the most effective factors of air pollution is the smoke results from fires and burning which is full of toxic substances. It pollutes the air and makes it harmful for living beings. Also, factories emission and other human activities have a bad effect on the air

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Global Warming Introduction Global warming is the increase in the average global temperatures that is caused by buildup of greenhouse gases. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the common greenhouse gas; however others like methane, nitrogen oxides are quantitatively measured on the basis of carbon dioxide equivalents. Air pollution is the main source of the greenhouse gases, especially from industrial settings. Therefore, human activities are the primary causes of global warming through industrial growth, transportation, continued reliance on fossil fuels and removal of carbon sinks. Report by Weart indicated that, the atmospheric temperatures will increase by approximately 1.8-4.0 degrees Celsius by

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However, in an environment that is close to an urban setting, there is prone to be noise pollution due to the industrial developmental plans that are underway or already established. Noise is a key factor that triggers concentration of students learning process. More so, air pollution is prone to be present in city regions and this can always be affecting student’s health. Students’ learning is highly dependent on the health conditions present. Respiratory problems mainly affect individuals learning in an area that is surrounded by industries. Arizona State is an exception to such effects (Wise, Carolyn & Stephanie Hauser

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The fineness of the air around us is referred as ‘air quality'.An area is considered having good air quality when prevailing air surrounding us is unpolluted. .Clean air is an integral requirement for all living beings on this planet. There are many parameters that develop poor air quality or pollute the air. The emissions from industries and vehicles used to play a significant role in pollution of the air.
The Clean Air Act provides the air quality in the local, state as well as the nation level. In fact, news reported that United Kingdom has found itself on the

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Environmental crisis in china

. China is among the countries that have been directly affected by environmental crisis. This crisis is due to its rapid industrialization and large population which has led to increase in different forms of pollution causing widespread environmental and health problems.
One of the major environmental problems facing China is air pollution. Apparently China is the largest contributor of greenhouse gases and pollutes the atmosphere more than she does in energy production. North China is among the most affected regions of China. This is clearly evident as sometimes the people in Beijing have made international headlines for putting on pollution

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Eastern States Press Midwest to Improve Air

The December 9, 2013 news article in the New York Times namely “Eastern States Press Midwest to Improve Air” states that the governors of eight Northeastern states in the a against the Midwest over the polluted air from the coal plants have planned to lobby the environmental protection agency to enforce more tight air pollution rules on nine Appalachian and Rust belt states. According to Davenport, these east coast states have been for over 15 years subjected to tighter air pollution regulations than any other state in the U.S. The governors have since criticized the Rust belt and Appalachian

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Human beings depend on air to survive. However, many human beings on many occasions take air for granted. They fail to realize that without the oxygen component of air that human beings breathe in, they would die in a few minutes. By definition, air refers to a mixture of gases that freely roams in the atmosphere. The air circles the earth and is held in place by gravity. The air mixture is comprised of gases such nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, rare gases like argon and water vapor. These gases are in different proportions with nitrogen having the highest proportion (

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Pollution can generally be defined as the introduction of harmful substances into a given body. There are various forms of pollution. These include water pollution, soil pollution, and air pollution amongst many others. Borrowing from the definition of pollution generally, water pollution refers to the introduction of harmful substances into water bodies. Similarly, soil pollution refers to the introduction of harmful substances into the surface of the earth. While all the three forms of pollution exist, air pollution is more prevalent than the both water and soil pollution. Indeed, it is the most prevalent form of pollution in the

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Last October 21, 2013, the North China city of Harbin was covered with thick, choking smog. Harbin is an industrial city with a population of approximately 10 million people. Chinese officials said that the fine particulate matter of PM 2.5 was over 500 micrograms per cubic meter in most of the city and even reached as much as 1,000 in some downtown locations. According to the World Health Organization, a reading of over 300 is already hazardous to one’s health .
The thick smog resulted in the closure on Monday and Tuesday, of 2,000 schools in the

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Introduction

The aviation industry has come a long way in growth and technological advancement since 1783; today many commercial flights occupy the skies than has ever before. All over the world, there has been an increase in the number of flights with an estimated growth of 12% per year. An increase in wright passengers, a 5% increment annually, is a reported rise than any other travel mode. This rise also includes increased flight routes to new destination enhancing the air transport. Airfreight has been growing rapidly though it remains a small share of total air traffic. (Santiago 2010).
The air

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