Air pollution may be defined as the presence of one or
more contaminants or pollutant substances in the atmosphere and the environment
that causes the harmful effect on the human health, animals, plants or
property. It also refers to the contamination of the air both, indoor and
outdoor.
According to the article, Air Pollution can result
from both human and natural actions. Natural events, which do not occur often, include
forest fires, volcanic eruptions, wind erosion, pollen dispersal, evaporation
of organic compounds and natural radioactivity while human activities include
emissions from industries and factories, burning fossil fuels, mining
operations, household and agricultural activities.
Air pollution can cause many problems to humans such
as respiratory and heart problems, global warming, acid rain, eutrophication
( a high amount of nitrogen present in some pollutants gets developed on sea’s
surface and turns itself into algae), effect on wildlife and depletion of ozone
lawyer.
Some solutions for reducing air pollution can be
either from government (laws) or by individual actions such as plant more trees
in the city, reduce car discharge by enforcing higher petrol grade, control car
travel on the road, use public transportation, use clean energy resources and eliminate
coal burning.
In my opinion, air pollution is a terrible global
problem. Osorno city, for example, is facing a severe air contamination due to smog
which is mainly caused by heating, traffic and industrial activities. I hope
our city can overcome the serious air pollution as soon as possible to improve
both, air and life quality of all citizens.
All in all, we need to build up an environmental
awareness, we need to understand air pollution is affecting everyone life,
including you and me. If air is dirty,
it will be difficult to survive!
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