Pollution in the streets
In short, pollution is a problem that affects us all, toxic air pollutants are substances in the air that, if you are exposed to them, could increase the chances of experiencing health problems. Toxic air pollutants can also cause ecological impacts. An example of a toxic air pollutant is benzene, a chemical found in gasoline. Breathing the fumes containing benzene may increase your chances of getting cancer.
These are mostly divided into stages:
Stage 1 and 2, Many chemicals found in factories, consumer goods, sewage treatment plants, and other sources can be released into the air as toxic air pollutants. Here are typically some of the chemicals discharged in many communities in the United States: Per-chloro-ethylene from dry laundries.
Methylene Chloride from degreasing products and consumer products, such as paint removers.
Benzene from gasoline, released when you fill the tank and drive your car Chromium from metal plating operations. Point fonts are fonts that have a specific location. Point sources include: chemical plants, steel smelters, oil refineries, and hazardous waste incinerators. Contaminants can be emitted when equipment leaks, when material is transferred from one area to another, or when the leak is emitted from a facility or establishment through smoke stacks.
Area sources of toxic air pollutants are made up of many smaller sources releasing pollutants into the open air in a defined area. Examples include automobiles, neighborhood dry cleaning operations, small metal plating or plating operations, gas stations, and gas stoves.
Stage 3 and 4, The concentration of a pollutant decreases as it moves from the discharge site as the pollutant spreads out. The amount of this dilution, or scattering, in the air depends on the weather - especially the direction of the wind and its speed. The dispersion also depends on the terrain, whether it is flat or mountainous land or in a valley. Other factors can affect the concentration, or level, of a contaminant at a given site. The amount of a pollutant at any site can vary over time, depending on the pattern of discharges. For example, industrial processes can only discharge some continuously at certain times and other pollutants continuously. The discharge situation affects the concentration, a pollutant can be discharged from smoke stacks. At a height in the air or may drip from equipment or storage tanks close to the ground. The ground level concentration near an establishment is generally lower when a pollutant is emitted from high stacks because the pollutant becomes more diluted when it reaches the ground. Other factors that affect concentration include the temperature and velocity of the gas emitted through chinmenca smoke and the location of places in the establishment where it is emitted.
In short, the main causes of air pollution are related to the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and gas. The combustion of these raw materials occurs mainly in the processes or in the operation of the industrial and road transport sectors
Due to the aforementioned, the consequences that can be generated, prolonged exposure to polluted air can have permanent effects on health: Accelerated aging of the lungs and loss of lung capacity. Lower lung function. Development of diseases such as asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, and possibly cancer.If we continue to emit CO2, the Earth will become too hot. If we continue to dump plastic into the sea, lots of living things will die intoxicated. If we continue storing the garbage in veterans we will contaminate underground aquifers that are useful in the dry years for drinking and watering.
One of the simple solutions would be to stop polluting.If we stop polluting, in 2050 we will have recovered the marine life that we have already destroyed with plastics or with temperature increases derived from fossil fuels, as demonstrated by 'Rebuilding marine life', a study published in Nature
In conclusion, In addition to the carcinogenic effect, polluted air is related to the increase in respiratory diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases; increase in allergies and the appearance of alterations in the immune system, environmental pollution increasingly deteriorates our planet and ourselves, because according to research, breathing polluted air affects our cardiovascular health, so strict standards of clean air would contribute to better health with large-scale effect