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Write an essay discussing the matter of environmental degradation with the focus on air pollution in a critical perspective.
Including the factors of:
- ecological effects
-loss of biodiversity
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Environmental Degrading: Air Pollution
Introduction
Air pollution is one of the severe problems facing the modern world and the most
pressing environmental issue. Air pollution causes major harmful effects on people, animals,
natural ecosystems, and the general environment. Air pollution is also attributed to the climate
changes resulting from the greenhouse effect, the acid rain, and the destruction of the ozone
layer, which affects the global environment. Air pollution is usually linked to the changes in a
climate where the primary driver of climate change is the combustion of fossil fuel that
contributes highly to the air pollution. The paper addresses the issue of the degradation of the
environment with the focus on air pollution.
Air pollution has increased in the developing and developed countries due to industrial
activities that enhance the emission sources. Research shows there are more than 4 million
deaths that result from air pollution, which emanates from the household activities. Moreover,
more than 3 million people die from the ambient air pollution World Health Organization, 1). In
the ecology, air pollution damages environment ranging from the soil and the groundwater. Air
pollution has been established as a significant threat to the ecosystem and diversity of life. A
close relationship has been established between air pollution and the reduction of species
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diversity (Ghorani-Azam et al., 56). The relationship shows the harmful effects of air pollution in
the destruction of plants and animals. Toxic air causes reproductive effects on people and
animals.
Air Pollutants
Any material in the air that have profound effects on the environment or can affect
human health is an air pollutant. The World Health Organization give some of the major air
pollutants, which include particle pollution, sulfur oxides, ground-level O3, carbon monoxide,
nitrogen oxides, and lead.
The particle pollutants
These form the vast section of air pollutants. Particle pollutants involve the mixture of
different particles that are found in the air. Particle pollutants are highly linked to pulmonary and
cardiac diseases and mortality. The levels of particles are the air can be lied directly to the
increased rates of lung and heart diseases. It has been established that particles of small sizes,
reach the respiratory system; hence, affecting the vital organs such as the lungs and the heart.
Scientific data has demonstrated that small particles in the air are the leading cause of the early
deaths in people suffering heart and lung diseases such as asthma, heart attacks, cardiac arrests,
and decreased functioning of the lungs (Kjellstrom et al., 21). Long-term exposure to particles
may also reduce the life expectancy of people. ...