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