Air polution
With the great concern surrounding the destruction of the earths atmosphere due to air pollution, the immediate and direct harm caused to the human body is often over shadowed. ... In order to understand how air pollution affects our body, you must under stand exactly what this pollution is. ... Particulates are present every where, in some areas they are as dense as 100,000 per milliliter of air. The damage begins when the particulates are inhaled into the small air sacs of our lungs called alveoli. ... There are numerous cases displaying the grave danger of particulate air pollution. ... The research at that time revealed an association between particulate and sulphur dioxide concentrations in the air and risk of respiratory disease and death. ... The air and smoke trapped contained high concentrations of soot, sulphur dioxide, and other pollutants. ... About 50 tons of methyl isocyanate escaped into the air from a pesticide company owned by the American corporation Union Carbide. ... Since the in industrial revolution city dwellers have always been exposed to higher levels of particulate air pollution. ... It has been proven that death or illness from air pollution is more likely in young people, old people, and people that smoke. ... The same threats that air pollution pose to young people effect older members of society. ... An investigation conducted by the Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation on the joint effects of air pollution and smoking showed that smokers in Beijing, China suffered from greater problems in their pulmonary artery functions.