NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTION

NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTION

Air pollution has been very alarming , several studies on air pollution with all the risks have been published , including the risk of blood cancer . However , rarely realized who knows how many thousands of people die each year due to respiratory infections , asthma , and lung cancer due to air pollution . Although occasionally been raining in Bekasi regency sky no longer blue . The air was filled with soot and gases that are harmful to human health . It is estimated that in the next ten years an increasing number of patients with lung disease and respiratory tract . Not only acute respiratory infections which now ranks first in the disease pattern in many areas in Indonesia , but also the increasing number of people with asthma and lung cancer .

Contribution of motor vehicle exhaust gas as a source of air pollution reaches 60-70%. While the contribution of flue gas from industrial chimneys is only about 10-15%, the remainder coming from other combustion sources, for example from households, waste burning, forest fires, etc. Actually many air pollutants that need to watch, but the World Health Organization (WHO) defined several types of air pollutants that are considered serius.Polutan harmful to human health, animals, and easily destroyed property is Aspa particulates containing particles and soot, hydrocarbons, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. Everything is emitted by motor vehicles. WHO estimates that 70% of urban dwellers in the world ever breathe dirty air as a result of motor vehicle emissions, the remaining 10% sedagkan breathe air that is marginal. Consequently fatal for infants and children. Adults who are at high risk, such as pregnant women, the elderly, and people who have a history of lung disease and chronic respiratory tract. Unfortunately, the patients and their families do not realize that a variety of negative consequences will come from air pollution caused by vehicle emissions is increasingly alarming.