Assignment On Air Pollution

UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE

ENVS 1301 AY2017-2018 T-1

Written Assignment Unit 6

Question

Air pollution has become very costly environmental problem in terms of both human lives and in terms of billions of dollars lost for health-care expenditure and crop damage.

Contact the pollution control authorities in your community for the levels or air pollutants. Identify main air pollutants and the possible causes of air pollution. How does your community compare to others? Discuss your findings.

Consider your own skills and interests. Think of at least two skills or interests that could be applied (if you had the time and resources) to helping improve air quality in your community.

Your answer should be between 700–900 words long and should include introduction and conclusion section.

Introduction

Air Pollution pollution in my community has received very little concern or not given much attention. In essay will focus much in my community where I live, therefore it will not touch much details as per country per se but what pollutants have been identified in my community.

The informational used in this paper is based on oral interview with local environmental health officers at our local clinic and my on observation on the prevailing situation on pollution.

To start with, over the years, the known source of air pollutants is the mining industry usually in the Copperbelt of Zambia and little attention was not given to motor vehicles.

Sources

The major sources of air