{"id":2253,"date":"2020-10-21T22:54:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T22:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=2253"},"modified":"2024-01-23T15:44:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T15:44:37","slug":"air-pollution-facts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/air-pollution-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Air pollution facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2253\" class=\"elementor elementor-2253\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d8de62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d8de62\" 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 elementor-element-30a3be8\" 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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-0072c6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"0072c6e\" 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-1e89afe\" data-id=\"1e89afe\" 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-83eecf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83eecf3\" 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\">Basic Air Pollution Facts<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f36ef6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f36ef6\" 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>Below are some facts and info on environmental pollution.<\/p><ul><li>WHO reports that in 2012 around 7 million people died &#8211; one in eight of total global deaths \u2013 as a result of air pollution exposure. This finding more than doubles previous estimates and confirms that air pollution is now the world\u2019s largest single environmental health risk. Reducing air pollution could save millions of lives.<br \/><i>(25th March 2014, Geneva, WHO Media Release, Accessed May 20th, 2017. http:\/\/www.who.int\/mediacentre\/news\/releases\/2014\/air-pollution\/en\/ <\/i><\/li><li>Air pollutants (dangerous things that make the air unclean)come in the form of gases or particles.<\/li><li>It is estimated that you breathe 20,000 liters of air each day. This means the more polluted the air is, the more we breathe dangerous chemicals into our lungs.<\/li><li>Air can be polluted both indoors and outdoors. Tobacco and other kinds of smoking are examples of indoor air pollution.<\/li><li>Sick Building Syndrome is a health condition related to pesticides, insecticides, and chemicals we use at home and in offices.<\/li><li>In the great &#8220;Smog Disaster&#8221; in London in 1952, four thousand people died in a few days due to the high concentrations of pollution. London&#8217;s air was filled with sooth and carbon dioxide, mixed with fog, creating a very toxic air called Smog.<\/li><li>Air pollution affects kids more than adults because, for their body size, kids breathe more air and spend more time playing outside.<\/li><li>More hazardous pollutants are discharged into the air each year than are released to surface water, groundwater, and land, combined.<\/li><\/ul><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2323\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cars.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"191\" \/>Motor vehicles produce more air pollution than any other single human activity. One full commuter bus can mean 40 fewer cars going through your neighborhood.<\/p><p>In America, vehicle exhaust contributes roughly 60% of all carbon monoxide emissions nationwide and up to 95% in cities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c27f1df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c27f1df\" 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\">Our research for this topic included these sources:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-343d230 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"343d230\" 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>1. Household air pollution and health. Fact sheet N\u00b0292. WHO, http:\/\/www.who.int\/mediacentre\/factsheets\/fs292\/en\/<br \/>2. Indoor Air Pollution. Medline Plus., http:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/medlineplus\/indoorairpollution.html<br \/>3. Indoor air. The Department of Environment, Australia: http:\/\/www.environment.gov.au\/topics\/environment-protection\/air-quality\/indoor-air<br \/>4. Indoor Air pollution, Edugreen. http:\/\/edugreen.teri.res.in\/explore\/air\/indoor.htm<br \/>5. Carbon monoxide poisoning, NHS UK., http:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/Pages\/Introduction.aspx<br \/>6. What is Air Pollution: EPA Victoria., http:\/\/www.epa.vic.gov.au\/air\/aq4kids\/main_pollutants.asp<br \/>7. Asthma and Air Pollution., Natural Resources Defense Council: http:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/health\/effects\/fasthma.asp<br \/>8. Air Pollution And Health, Environmental Protection UK. http:\/\/www.environmental-protection.org.uk\/committees\/air-quality\/about-air-pollution\/air-pollution-and-health\/<\/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-5eb10de\" data-id=\"5eb10de\" 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-7a77541 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"7a77541\" 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     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