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Air pollution can affect our health in many ways. Different individuals are affected by air pollution in different ways. Some individuals are much more sensitive to pollutants than others. Young children and elderly people often suffer more from the effects of air pollution. People with health problems such as asthma, heart and lung disease may also suffer more when the air is polluted. Some short-term effects include irritation to the eyes, nose and throat, and upper respiratory infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia. Other symptoms can include headaches, nausea, and allergic reactions. Short-term air pollution can aggravate the medical conditions of individuals with asthma and emphysema. Long-term health effects can include chronic respiratory disease, lung cancer, heart disease, and even damage to the brain, nerves, liver, or kidneys. Continual exposure to air pollution affects the lungs of growing children and may aggravate or complicate medical conditions in the elderely.
-http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/Frames/pollution-health-effects-f.html
-http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/Frames/pollution-health-effects-f.html
In addition to respiratory effects, research has recognized that air pollution increases the risk of cardiovascular events such as arrhythmia, heart attack and stroke, and the occurrence of certain cancers. An inherent weakness in both the ear infection and appendicitis studies -- in many air pollution studies, for that matter -- is that air quality data for a geographical area are used as an estimate of what an individual actually inhales. The finding of new studies correlate air pollution inhalation to a wealth of additional health issues outside of those effecting respiration but more research on how air pollution might trigger these conditions as well as other nonrespiratory diseases is being studied.
-http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNY1813-0-1736&artno=0000297629&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=2009%20air%20pollution&title=Air%20Pollution%3A%20Spewing%20Out%20Some%20More%20Bad%20News&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
-http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNY1813-0-1736&artno=0000297629&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=2009%20air%20pollution&title=Air%20Pollution%3A%20Spewing%20Out%20Some%20More%20Bad%20News&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
Although air quality has improved over the past few decades, the EPA estimates that over 125 million Americans breathe unhealthy air--almost half of the U.S. population. Heart and lung disease aggravated by air pollutants result in as many as 64,000 premature deaths a year. Bad air causes more annual fatalities than car accidents
-http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNY1813-0-2281&artno=0000108801&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=effects%20of%20air%20pollution&title=Bad%20Air%20Days&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
-http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNY1813-0-2281&artno=0000108801&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=effects%20of%20air%20pollution&title=Bad%20Air%20Days&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
I like the artical that talked about the long and short term affects of pollution. Very scary!
ReplyDeleteIts very scary in that even though people know about air pollution and the affects that nothing has majorly been done to stop air pollution or people every year wouldnt be getting sick.
ReplyDeleteWell the second artical deffinatly descirbes the effects on the human body. Also the government has passed alot of laws ex... Clean Air Act...to prevent the harmful chemicals to enter the atmosphere. It the other countries like china, russia, and india that we must worry about.
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. is showing many signs of improvement over the years according to the Environmental Protection Agency...saying that pollution has dropped 11% from 2000 to 2007 and probaly has since dropped in the past couple of years.
ReplyDeleteIn your third artical it was very intresting showing that even with all of the resrictions 125 million americans breath unclean air. Also with the vast amounts of heart and lung disease patients in america it really shows that we still have a long way to go with our air pollution problem.
ReplyDeleteUnhealthy air remains a BIG threat to the lives and health of more that 175 million people in America--roughly 58% of the population.
ReplyDeleteGood online conversation gentlemen...i have a few quetions, blake...In this area of the country and more specifically, Cattarugus county, should we be concerned with air pollution? Or, is this a concern more for individuals that live in cities? Is air pollution the only cause of these diseases that have been stated in the articles or are there other causes? How can I, as an indiviual that lives in a rural community, help fight air pollution? I can't use mass transit or ride my bike...what can I do?
ReplyDeleteAround here its deffinetely no a major issue but we still have pollution...like right by the school at Potter Lumber all the smoke that is going into the air is a problem with air pollution. Its a major issue in cities forsure because of all the power plants, factories, and especially all the motor vehicles. Arrhythmias may be also caused by an injury from a heart attack, Coronary artery disease, etc. A heart attack may be cause by Tobacco smoking, diabetes, obesity, age, etc. As you can see air pollution isnt the only risk that may cause these symptoms but you never know if it is the main risk or not. Instead of having 2 or 3 cars that your family may use, try to carpool and save up on gas and all the driving you do which will cause more and more air pollution.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what James said earlier, our country is definetly establishing laws and acts to prevent air pollution...and i think in rural areas it isn't really much of a factor, however cities such as San Francisco and others definitely are at risk and most likely are enduring air pollution, whether it be exhaust, smoke , Smog, etc. Digressing back to my first statement, like James said our country is trying to prevent air pollution with legislation... However, in foreign nations such as China for example the pollution is so thick that people can hardly see. Like in the Olympics in China the reports flooded in about the massive amount of pollution there. Yes it is true we have started to make some progress but we still have a long way to go.
ReplyDeleteOne major issue is that there is so many kinds of air pollution. Its hard to go somewhere and not find someone polluting the air, whether it be with smog, smoke, cigarettes or any of the many other possible forms. However, as i have said before i think we are not so much affected by it compared to San Francisco or any other large suburban and urban areas such as large cities. The only real concern around here are as Blake mentioned earlier with the Potter Lumber Company and the smoke that comes from there.
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