Summary
Air pollution is a subject that scientist are now
beginning to focus on, and have found startling and shocking news. They are now
finding evidence that air pollution is beginning to harm the human health. The scientist
has recently focused a great deal of their attention on lung disease, as well
as cancers. The World Health Organization has just announced that air pollution
is now the most treacherous environmental carcinogens. It is shocking to know
that air pollution also has a major role in heart attacks and strokes. Somehow
air pollution is able to cause cardiovascular disease as well. It has been
recently studied that many of the particles that drift in clouds, are tiny; yet
very powerful and harmful to our health. It is a form of unfriendly gases that
are filled in the communities in which we live. Researchers have found that
these fine particles can infiltrate in your lungs, set in your tissues, and
causing a tumble of inflammatory effects. This inflammation can then spread to
circulatory system, and change the way that blood vessels function. It has also
been studied and reviewed that vehicle emissions are also thought to include a
high amount of fine particles, going deeper into the body causing issues.
Evidence has also been found that these ultrafine articles have an unusual high
surface area, which allows other contaminants to attach onto them. In result of
this the particles that enter our body from the pollution can also be toxic
compounds from the polluted air.
Analysis
This evidence is very overwhelming, and shocking. I
always thought that health problem were caused by the things we eat, or hereditary.
However to find out that human health problems are caused by air pollution is very
scary. Anyone can be a victim of this, and the sad part is that no one was
aware of this, and more than likely still are not. It seems to be that one of
the most effective responses to this problem would be environmental regulation.
It has to be something that the world must change, such as air purifiers, or
absorbing particle barriers like Dr. Adar from this article has stated. But unfortunately
that will not be enough. This has to be a change made amongst everyone, and
once it is, it can really help our health, and save lives.
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