Term Papers on Problems Caused By Air Pollution

Term Paper Title	Problems Caused By Air Pollution
# of Words	1030
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	4.12

Problems Caused By Air Pollution

     Some people think that air pollution is not harming the earth or the
people, but it is doing worse, by killing the earth and getting people sick.
"Air pollutants," according to Gay, "are known to cause respiratory diseases,
cancer, and other serious illnesses" (12).  Air pollution not only threatens the
health and life of humans but also causes damage to the environment (Gay 13).
     First, air pollution causes a great deal of health problems.  Wanting
clean air is a good reason because air that is polluted can damage human health
(Edelson 25).  In the United States many health problems have occurred because
of air pollution.  According to Sproull, "For more than a decade, local
residents in the tri-state valley bounded by Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia
have claimed to suffer from health problems, including rashes, respiratory
problems and even cancers" (D4).  In 1948, in the industrial town of Donora,
Pennsylvania, which sits in a valley, had twenty deaths, and nearly 6,000
residents, or 40% of the population, suffered respiratory problems (Edelson 25,
26).  New York experienced several killer smogs, which in a later analysis
attributed, from the usually severe pollution, 58 deaths (Edelson 26).  Not only
in the United States are health problems caused by air pollution showing up, but
they are also showing up in other parts of the world, like Europe.  In 1930, in
Belgium's Meuse River valley, a major industrial region, where the primary fuel
was coal reported sixty deaths, and about 6,000 residents of the valley became
ill with breathing problems and respiratory infections (Edelson 25).  In
December 1952, the toll was huge in London from the infamous smog, which caused
up to 4,000 deaths, when levels of sulfur oxides and particulates rose above
normal (Edelson 26).  Air pollution also increased deaths from chronic lung
disease in the United States.  "Although statistics on the physical effects of
air pollution are not easily calculated," according to Edelson, "an alarming
related statistic is that between 1970 and 1986, deaths in the United States
from chronic lung disease rose 36%" (35).  Air pollution has cost a great deal
of money on health care in the United States.  In terms of health care and lost
productivity, the costs of air pollution in the United States alone have been
estimated at more than $100 billion (Edelson 35).  Another cost air pollution
has caused is human life, which is incalculable (Edelson 35).  Air pollution
causes many health problems that lead to death.
     Also, air pollution causes a great deal of damage to the environment and
property.  Lot of air pollution creates acid rain, which deteriorates things.
Acid rain began to emerge as a serious problem in the late 1960's, when a
decline in fish population was noticed by scientists in Scandinavia (Edelson 37).
In the 1970's, a number of studies related the declining of fish stocks and
forest damage to acid rain from industrialized and urban areas, often hundreds
of miles away (Edelson 37-8).  Thousands of lakes and streams, across the
northeastern part of the United States and the mid-Atlantic states, in Canadian
provinces, in Scandinavian countries and in other parts of Europe, have acid
concentrations so high that aquatic food chains are destroyed, and fish die off
(Gay ...

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