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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


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