Apes pollution chart
Lead
Concerns: Brain and kidney damage Contaminated crops and livestock
Carbon monoxide
Concerns: Headaches Reduced mental alertness Death Heart damage
Nonmethane hydrocarbons
Concerns: Increase greenhouse effect
Ozone (stratosphere)
Concerns: Increase greenhouse effect
Ozone (ambient air)
Concerns: Lung damage eye irritation Respiratory tract problems Damages vegetation Causes smog
Carbon dioxide
Concerns: Produces smog when reacts with light Increases the greenhouse effect
Volatile organic compounds
Concerns: Respiratory problems May lead to cancer Deplete the ozone layer
Mercury
Concerns: contaminate fish
Chlorofluorocarbons
Concerns: deplete ozone layer
Suspended particulate matter
Concerns: lung damage eye irritation damage to crops reduces visibility discolors buildings and statues
Sulfur dioxides
Concerns: Eye irritation Lung damage Kills aquatic life Forms acid rain which damages buildings and forests
Nitrogen oxides
Concerns: Lung damage Acid rain forms Deteriorate buildings and statues Damages forests Forms ozone
Sulfur dioxides
Causes: Coal burning power plants and industries Coal burning stoves Refineries Volcanoes
Suspended particulate matter
Causes: Diesel engines power plants industries windblown dust wood stoves
Nonmethane hydrocarbons
Causes: Fossil fuel burning
Lead
Causes: Leaded fuel Metal refineries Power plants burning fossil fuels
Carbon monoxide
Causes: Motor vehicles Power plants burning fossil fuels Kerosene or wood burning stoves
Ozone (ambient air)
Causes: Vehicle exhaust When other air pollutants react with sunlight Forest fires
Ozone (stratosphere)
Causes: Vehicle exhaust Pollutants react with sunlight
Nitrogen oxides
Causes: Vehicles Power plants burning fossil fuels Coal burning stoves
Carbon dioxide
Causes: Volcanoes Motor vehicles Power plants burning fossil fuels Forest fires
Mercury
Causes: burning fossil fuels
Chlorofluorocarbons
Causes: motor vehicles refridgerants cleaning products
Volatile organic compounds
Causes: Paint Perfume Nail polish CFCs Car exhaust
Mercury
Chemical Symbol: Hg
Suspended particulate matter
Chemical Symbols: SPM
Nonmethane hydrocarbons
Chemical Symbols: NMHC
Chlorofluorocarbons
Chemical symbol: CFCs
Carbon monoxide
Chemical symbol: CO
Carbon dioxide
Chemical symbol: CO2
Nitrogen oxides
Chemical symbol: NOx
Ozone (ambient air)
Chemical symbol: O3
Ozone (stratosphere)
Chemical symbol: O3
Lead
Chemical symbol: Pb
Sulfur dioxides
Chemical symbol: SO2
Volatile organic compounds
Chemical symbol: VOC
Ozone (ambient air)
Solutions: Reduce car emissions Add pollutant filter to smoke stacks
Ozone (stratosphere)
Solutions: Reduce car emissions Filter smokestack smoke
Carbon dioxide
Solutions: Reduce car emissions Utilize nuclear energy Prevent unnatural forest fires
Carbon monoxide
Solutions: Reduce car emissions Utilize nuclear energy Stop or slow the use of wood burning stoves or kerosene
Volatile organic compounds
Solutions: Reduce exposure to items that release VOC Reduce use of products containing CFCs
Nonmethane hydrocarbons
Solutions: Reduce fossil fuel use
Sulfur dioxides
Solutions: Reduce reliance on coal Recycle metals so less needs to be refined
Lead
Solutions: Use only unleaded fuel Reduce reliance on fossil fuel burning power plants
Suspended particulate matter
Solutions: reduce the use of diesel engines filter smokestacks reduce use of wood stoves
Mercury
Solutions: reduce the use of fossil fuels
Chlorofluorocarbons
Solutions: reduce the use of items that contain CFCs
Nitrogen oxides
Solutions: Reduce the use of fossil burning power plants
