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AIR POLLUTION
Jelly C. DaroyBea May P. Durante
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DEFINITION
occurs when the air contains gases, dust, fumes or odor in harmful amounts.
it is when concentrated gases exceed safe limits.
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TYPES OF AIR POLLUTION
• Outdoor Air Pollutiono Smog
oParticulates
oAcid Rain
oGreenhouse Gases
• Indoor Air Pollution
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CAUSES
• Natural Sources
e.g. smoke that comes from
wildfires, volcanoes, methane, dust
• Human Sources
e.g. power plants and
automobiles, fumes, burning wood stoves, fireplaces, and furnaces
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Pollutants
• Carbon Dioxide
• Carbon Monoxide
• Sulfur Dioxide
• Nitrogen Dioxide
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MECHANISM
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Primary Mechanism
• Formation of VOC
• Biological generation of VOC
• Formation of liquid aerosol droplets
• Anthropomorphic generation of particulate aerosol
• Biological formation of particulate aerosols
• Particulate aerosol formation
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Secondary Mechanism
• Condensation
• Adsorption
• Nucleation
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EFFECTS• Human Effects
e.g. diseases
• Environmental Effects Acid rain
Eutrophication
Haze
Wildlife
Ozone Depletion
Crop and forest damage
Global Climate Change
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IMPACTS
• Climate System
• Health
• Economy
• Environment
• Ecosystem
• Forestry
• Agriculture
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MITIGATIONS
Mitigation of Air
Pollution
Sustainable Development
International Conventions and Treaties
National and International funds, Eco-Conversion
New Technologies,
Recycling
Lower Combustion
Lower Transboundary
Emissions
Lower Emissions
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CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• Air pollution has long been a serious problem in the world.
• Without air, Earth would be unable to sustain life.
• Spread the Word.