Your Health Dangerous chemicals such as benzene or vinyl chloride in the air causes cancer, birth defects, long term injury to the lungs, as well as brain and nerve damage when people breath it. And in some cases, breathing these chemicals can even cause death. Breathing contaminated air can make your eyes and nose burn and trigger respiratory problems, especially for people with asthma. The Environment Poisonous air pollutants (toxic chemicals in the air) can form acid rain. It can also form dangerous ground level ozone. These destroy trees, crops, farms, animals and continue to make water bodies harmful to humans and animals that live and depend on water. The Economy The effect of air pollution on the economy may be a derived one. In simple language, the economy thrives when people are healthy, and business that depend on cultivated raw materials and natural resources are running at full efficiency. Air pollution reduces agricultural crop and commercial forest yields by billions of dollars each year. This in addition to people staying off work for health reasons can cost the economy greatly.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 16:01:58 +0000