Air pollution is destroying human future

Air Pollution is Destroying Human Future

It is common statement among polluters unwilling to reform that the air has never been pure . Man so arrogantly misuses the atmosphere in his rush towards economic growth and increased comforts that he is very close to suffocating himself and destroying human future . Many are aware that our careless use of fossil fuel and hazardous chemicals may lead to the fluctuation of the life span of an individual . They did realize the fact that they cause real damage to our bodies and it may even leave

the planet uninhabitable in the future

Air pollution consists of gasses , liquids , or solids present in the atmosphere in high enough levels to harm humans , other animals , plants or materials . Most air pollution in developed countries today is generated by industries and motor vehicles . Air pollutants are usually divided into a few classes of substances , including oxides , volatile organic compounds , small particles and droplets , and secondary pollutants . Primary pollutants are formed elsewhere and discharge into the air . The secondary pollutants formed in the air when primary pollutants react with each other . Pollutants produced by natural processes only occasionally reach high enough concentrations to do much harm . Volcanic eruptions sometimes generate clouds of sulfur dioxide and particulate matter that are dense enough to suffocate animals including human

Even places without industries pollute their air , mainly by burning organic matter . Burning coal usually caused air pollution in industrial countries . The Industrial Revolution in Europe in the19th Century first saw the beginning of air pollution , which gradually became a major global problem . The worst industrial disaster in India , occurred in 1984 in Bhopal the capital of Madhya Parades . A deadly chemical , methyl isocyanines leaked out of the Union Carbide factory killing more than 2500 and leaving thousands sick . In fact the effects of this gas tragedy is being felt even today . The major air-polluting industries are iron steel and , cement . Growing population , poverty , and inadequate access to clean fuels in rural areas have perpetuated the use of biomass , thereby condemning more than 90 of rural households and more than 35 of urban households to high levels of indoor air pollution

Automobile use is a vast convenience to the individual , but society pays a very high price for it , where there are more vehicles than anywhere else in the world . Every year some 50million cars are added to the world 's roads . Car making is now the largest manufacturing industry in the world . Cities where motor vehicles are the main source of pollution . Sunlight plays an important part in forming this type of air pollution . Cars and trucks give off nitric oxide , which reacts with oxygen to form nitrogen dioxide . Nitrogen dioxide is a yellow-brown gas with a strong , choking smell that produces a colored haze Ultraviolet rays from the sun release a reactive atom of oxygen from the nitrogen dioxide . Some of this oxygen reacts with oxygen gas in the air to produce poisonous ozone and highly reactive chemicals such as...