What is Air Pollution?
Air Pollution can be defined as the presence of toxic chemicals (compounds) of all types in the air at high health risk levels, this means the presence of chemicals which are not usually present on air (lower the quay alita of air). This can lead to the damage of the ozone layer and many other problems.
What are the causes of air pollution?
Air pollution causes may vary from the damage of the ozone layer or global warning, but in this article we will focus on one of the many causes of air pollution, burning of fossil fuels and agricultural activity.
- Burning of Fossil Fuels:
Sulfur dioxide is the major emitted gas from the burning of fossil fuels, petroleum and coal, this are one of the major causes of air pollution, also Pollution emitted from vehicles including trucks, jeeps, cars, trains, airplanes cause immense amount of pollution. (Carbon Monooxide caused by improper or incomplete combustion that is generally emitted by cars) another major pollutant is Nitrogen Oxides, that is produced from both natural and man made processes.
- Agricultural Activity:
A common result of agricultural activities is ammonia which is a very common product used on insecticides, pesticides and fertilizers for farming, this had become very usual in modern times also ammonia is considered one the most hazardous gases in the atmosphere. They also release methane by the maintain of animals such as cows, also release other harmful chemicals into the air that also may cause water pollution
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