Health problems caused by air pollution!

Exposure to unclean air quality has been associated with hospital admissions and several serious health effects, including premature death. People with asthma, cardiovascular or lung disease, as well as children and elderly people, are considered to be the most sensitive to the effects of bad air quality. Adverse health effects have been associated with exposure to fine particulate matter over both short periods (such as a day) and longer periods (a year or more). Bad air quality is also responsible for environmental effects such as corrosion, soiling, damage to vegetation and reduced visibility.

Danger indoors!

Modern buildings are constructed so tightly that odors and pollutants are trapped inside. Nature’s own cleansing process, which uses both activated oxygen and negative ions are left outside.Dust, pollen, molds, mildew, bacteria and viruses can fill the air in our living spaces. These can cause odors, irritation and allergic response. Fumes from paints, cleansers, carpets, pressed board, fabrics and other chemicals are also breathed in daily by you and your family.

Cases of death caused by increased air pollution

Urban areas already suffering from pollution will be affected most.Yet because it does not affect respiration directly, CO2 is not considered a classic air pollutant. Noting that increasing levels of CO2 cause temperature and water vapor content to rise, Jacobson uses photochemistry to determine that these factors independently feed back to increase ground-level ozone concentrations.This can harm lung function and irritate the respiratory system. Using a high-resolution model that correlates pollution levels to human health, the scientist finds that each one degree Celsius rise in temperature may increase U.S. annual air pollution deaths by about 1000.About 40 percent of these deaths may result from elevated ground-level ozone concentrations. The rest are likely from particles, which would increase due to CO2-enhanced stability, humidity, and biogenic feedbacks.The author notes that many of these deaths would occur in urban populations subject to smog, as are residents of some areas of California. Extrapolating U.S. deaths to global population yields will be about 22,000 excess deaths expected worldwide if air pollution continues.