1. Diseases From Air Pollutants
BY: ADRIAN MERINA

2. INTRODUCTION AIR POLLUTANTS CAN BE FOUND IN AIR ANYWHERE
CAN BE DIVIDED IN TO 3 GROUPS
CRITERIA POLLUTANTS
AIR TOXIC
BIOLOGICAL POLLUTANTS
4 MAJOR SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION
TRANSPORTATION ENGINES
POWER & HEAT GENERATION
INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
BURNING OF SOLID WASTE

3. OZONE GROUND LEVEL OR BAD OZONE SUNNY WEATHER
REACTION WITH SUNLIGHT OF POLLUTANTS SUCH AS NITROGEN OXIDE FROM VEHICLES AND INDUSTRY EMISSIONS AND VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS EMITTED BY VEHICLES, SOLVENTS AND INDUSTRY

4. Make it more difficult to breathe deeply and vigorously.
Cause shortness of breath and pain when taking a deep breath.
Scratchy throat.
Inflame and damage the airways.
Aggravate lung diseases such as asthma, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis.
Increase the frequency of asthma attacks.
Make the lungs more susceptible to infection.
Continue to damage the lungs even when the symptoms have disappeared.

5. PARTICULATE MATTER AFFECT MORE PEOPLE THAN OTHER POLLUTANT
CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO PARTICLE
CONTRIBUTES TO THE RISK OF
DEVELOPING CARDIOVASCULAR,
RESPIRATORY DISEASES & LUNG CANCER
HAS A QUANTITATIVE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN EXPOSURE TO HIGH CONCENTRATION OF
SMALL PARTICULATES
INCREASED MORTALITY OR MORBIDITY BOTH DAILY AND OVERTIME

6. MICROSCOPIC SOLID AND LIQUID DROPLETS 10 MICRONS OR LESS
PREMATURE DEATH IN PEOPLE
NONFATAL HEART ATTACKS
IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT
AGGRAVATED ASTHMA
DECREASED LUNG FUNCTION
INCREASED RESPIRATORY SYSTOMS

7. CARBON MONOXIDE COLOURLESS & ODOURLESS GAS FORM BY NATURALLY AND BY
MAN’S ACTIVITIES
PREVENT THE TRANSPORT OF OXYGEN AROUND THE BODY
REDUCE OXYGEN DELIVERY TO THE BODY ORGANS AND TISSUE
COULD HARM BABIES
NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE
CARBON MONOXIDE

8. NITROGEN OXIDE A TOXIC GAS THE MAIN SOURCE OF NITRATE AEROSOLS
FORM AN IMPORTANT FRACTION OF PM2.5
AND THE UV LIGHT OF OZONE
SIGNIFICANT INFLAMMATION OF THE AIRWAYS
REDUCE LUNG FUNCTION GROWTH
BROCHITIS IN ASTHMATIC CHILD LONG-TERM
EXPOSURE TO NITROGEN OXIDE .

9. SULFUR DIOXIDE A COLOURLESS GAS WITH A SHARP ODOUR
A COLOURLESS GAS WITH
A SHARP ODOUR
PRODUCED FROM THE BURNING
OF FOSSIL FUELS AND THE
SMELTING OF MINERAL ORES
AFFECT RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
AFFECT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE
LUNGS
CAUSE IRRITATION OF THE EYES

10. LEAD METAL CARS, TRUCKS AND INDUSTRIAL SOURCES INGESTION OF LEAD
NEUROLOGICAL EFFECTS
CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS

11. REFERENCE
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