The Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health

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The Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health

"What goes up must come down"

The definition of air pollution or contamination is that a chemical is at the wrong concentration or in the wrong place. Attention is usually drawn to this when animals, humans or plants are harmed because the environment around them is damaged. The effects of air pollution range from annoying to lethal. Many emissions of pollutants in the atmosphere are caused by human activity but we must take into account the natural causes of pollution. Volcanoes that blast dust into the air, forest fires and swamps have all caused damage to the atmosphere around us.

The damage caused by pollution to fabrics, metals and other materials is very distinct but the effects of pollutants to humans and animals are far more significant. This means that the main reason for air-pollution controls is to protect human health. Controls have been established to protect crops and the environment that humans rely on. Plants are extremely sensitive to air-pollution. Pollutants are passed from these plants to animals and then on to humans.

The main causes of air-pollution.

Twenty percent of the earth's