Health Effects of Air Pollution

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In 2012, indoor air pollution was responsible for (MP3/A./2./a.)

4.3 million deaths worldwide, including 531,000 child deaths under the age of five from lower respiratory infections.

Preview: Today I am going to talk about...

A. What Air Pollution is, and the history behind it. B. The causes of air pollution: natural and man-made sources. C. Direct effects to human health caused by air pollution.

Review: Today I have informed you about...

A. What Air Pollution is, and the history behind it. B. The causes of air pollution: natural and man-made sources. C. Direct effects to human health caused by air pollution.

Conclusion:

After hearing the issues by this, it is important to keep the health of our world in mind as well.

Thesis:

Air pollution awareness is crucial to the health of current and future generations.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, (MP1/B.)

In October 1948, Donora, PA, was engulfed in steel and zinc contaminants from nearby metal factories.

Conclude with Impact:

Now after learning about the damaging affects air pollution inflicts on humanity, it reveals the increasing relevance it has on our society and our world today.

Credibility:

The recent controversy over air pollution effects has broadened my interest in learning how it has affected current and past generations.

According to the World Health Organization, (MP3/A.)

air pollution is a major environment related health threat to children and a risk factor for acute and chronic respiratory disease.

These gaseous pollutants (MP1/A./1.)

and gaseous forms of metals are emitted from sources like fossil fuel fired plants, metal factories, industrial boilers, petroleum factories, and manufacturing facilities.

It is estimated that climate-related changes (MP3/B./1./b./a.)

and land-use practices are expected to increase the overall risk of wildfires in the coming decades, creating a growing need for information on the health impacts.

Wildfires, like the previously stated asthma sources,(MP3/B./1./b.)

are too, dangerous to humans after an elongated time of exposure which can cause lung and heart problems as well.

Examples of some are gases like (MP2/B./1.)

carbon monoxide, household products and chemicals, building materials like asbestos, formaldehyde, and even lead.

Within five days, (MP1/B./1.)

half of the towns 14,000 residents had severe respiratory or cardiovascular problems, killing 40 people.

As stated in the article, (MP3/A./1.)

in 2012, outdoor air pollution was responsible for 3 million deaths worldwide, in which 169,000 of them were children under the age of five.

The second type is (MP2/B.)

indoor air pollution, which involves exposures to particulates, carbon oxides, and many other pollutants carried by indoor air and dust.

A common pollutant (MP2/A./2.)

is ground-level ozone, a reactive form of oxygen and primary component of urban smog.

Living next to near road exposures(MP3/B./1./a.)

like roadways and railroads can in fact over a lengthened amount of time, cause lung and heart problems that can lead to a premature death.

Indoor air pollution has many determinants, (MP3/A./2.)

most commonly indoor cooking, and heating with biomass fuels or coal, producing high levels of indoor smoke containing a variety of health-damaging pollutants.

The first type is (MP2/A.)

outdoor air pollution, which involves exposures that take place outside of the built environment.

These are fine (MP2/A./1.)

particles produced by the burning of fossil fuels, noxious gases like sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and chemical vapors.

Wildfires emit multiple types of (MP2/A./3.)

polluting gases and small particles, which pose serious health risks as well.

Open with Impact: Dr. Maria Neira, Director of Public Health with the World Health Organization

states in an article about ambient air pollution that "to date, air pollution both indoor [household] and outdoor [ambient], is the biggest environmental risk to health, carrying responsibility for about one in every nine deaths annually".


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