{"id":2252,"date":"2020-10-21T22:57:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T22:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=2252"},"modified":"2020-10-22T00:43:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T00:43:51","slug":"the-threat-of-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-threat-of-air-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"The threat of air pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2252\" class=\"elementor elementor-2252\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46554ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46554ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"a0909b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Air Pollution<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfb995e elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"dfb995e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-air-pollution-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2276 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-air-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is air pollution?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2275 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-causes-air-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What causes air pollution?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2274 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/common-air-pollutants\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Common air pollutants<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2273 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-air-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Effects of air pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2272 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/air-pollution-prevention\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Air pollution prevention<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2271 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/indoor-air-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Indoor Air Pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2270 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/air-pollution-facts\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Air pollution facts<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5203365 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5203365\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-404ead9\" data-id=\"404ead9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d10f53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d10f53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why is air pollution such an important issue?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cef05e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cef05e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Your Health<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dangerous chemicals such as benzene or vinyl chloride in the air cause cancer, birth defects, long-term injury to the lungs, as well as brain and nerve damage when people breathe it. And in some cases, breathing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">these chemicals can even cause death. Breathing contaminated air can make your eyes and nose burn and trigger respiratory problems, especially for people with asthma. In recent years, scientists have shown that air pollution from cars, factories, and power plants is a major cause of asthma attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><i>For example:<\/i> &#8220;And more than 131 million Americans \u2014 over 40 percent of the nation&#8217;s population &#8211; live in areas with bad air. Roughly 30 percent of childhood asthma is due to environmental exposures, costing the nation $2 billion per year&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Source: Natural Resources Defense Council: http:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/health\/effects\/fasthma.asp<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Environment<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Poisonous air pollutants (toxic chemicals in the air) can form acid rain. It can also form a dangerous ground-level ozone. These destroy trees, crops, farms, animals, and continue to make water bodies harmful to<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">humans and animals that live and depend on water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Economy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The effect of air pollution on the economy may be a derived one. In simple language, the economy thrives when people are healthy, and businesses that depend on cultivated raw materials and natural resources are running at full efficiency. Air pollution reduces agricultural crop and commercial forest yields by billions of dollars each year. That, in addition to people staying off work for health reasons, can cost the economy greatly.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e641fd\" data-id=\"5e641fd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff543f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ff543f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc4744d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc4744d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b64bcf\" data-id=\"4b64bcf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a540ac4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a540ac4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-air-pollution\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">GO BACK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7ecd89\" data-id=\"a7ecd89\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air Pollution What is air pollution? 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