| Just the other day, I experienced the nauseating | | | | much less obvious. It is, however, still deadly. For |
| sensation of driving down a pass into the air | | | | instance, everyone knows smoking is bad for you |
| pollution in Los Angeles. We need clean air to be | | | | and will ruin your lungs. Yet, not a single person |
| healthy, but these air pollution facts make me ill.Air | | | | either seems to know or care that among air |
| Pollution FactsThere are many different types of | | | | pollution facts, one of the ugliest is as follows. If |
| pollution that affect our environment. The Earth's | | | | you drive in rush hour traffic in Los Angeles with |
| waters are affected by pollutants such as | | | | your window rolled down, the harm to your lungs |
| chemicals and medical waste, and the land itself is | | | | per hour is equal to smoking two PACKS of |
| also polluted with garbage and even more types | | | | cigarettes. TWO PACKS!Holes in the ozone layer, |
| of chemicals. Some of the worst pollution that | | | | which is a layer in the upper atmosphere, allow |
| affects us daily, however, is air pollution. Here are | | | | more harmful UVB (ultraviolet B) light to reach us |
| some air pollution thoughts that should make you | | | | from the sun. This light can cause skin cancer as |
| hack, cough and start wearing a filter mask.Air | | | | well as sun burns and lesser ailments. There are |
| pollution is a general term that is used to describe | | | | other causes for the holes in this layer besides |
| any chemical, biological or other matter that | | | | just smog, and these include carbon dioxide |
| causes changes in the atmosphere. A good | | | | released from burning fossil fuels and even the |
| example is the pollution caused by large cities, | | | | exhaling of farm animals. While we would consider |
| which is also known as smog. Smog is the | | | | most of the harm done to the atmosphere to be |
| accumulation of all the dirt and chemical pollutants | | | | caused by chemicals, air pollution facts tell us that |
| produced by a city or area, and it can be | | | | even animals have a hand in creating air |
| detrimental to our lungs, other animals, plants and | | | | pollution.So, what can we do to stop air pollution? |
| even the ozone layer high above us.The | | | | While there is no way to completely get rid of |
| particularly nasty thing about air pollution is the | | | | pollutants that harm our air quality and ozone |
| silent, unseen impact it has on us. Whereas we | | | | layer, we can help to eliminate man made causes |
| can see and taste water pollution, air pollution is | | | | of atmospheric distress. |