Air Pollution
Pollution can be broadly classified into four types namely air, water, soil and 12noise pollution. Air pollution is the process through which air in the surroundings gets polluted resulting in various health hazards. Industries and various types of automobiles and motor cycles emit a lot of poisonous gases, thereby greatly affecting the air in the atmosphere. They emit Carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon dioxide and many other pollutants. Carbon monoxide is the main pollutant of this type that mixes well with haemoglobin of blood thereby reducing its oxygen carrying capacity causing a lot of respiratory disorders. Lung gets badly affected resulting due to tuberculosis, bronchitis, asthma and a lot of other diseases. The best methods to be adopted to reduce air pollution include checking the amount of discharge from vehicles and industries, planting trees, avoiding the usage of leaded petrol, etc.
January 09 2010 07:18 am | Health