Concept Of Air Pollution Essay

CONCEPT OF AIR POLLUTION

Human beings are responsible for creating as well as moulding the natural environment, which gives them physical sustenance and at the same time affords them the opportunity of intellectual, moral, social and spiritual growth. It also a fact that they always have the tendency of craving more and more and due to this tendency human beings have been inclined to the development of ‘Science and Technology’ and with this man has acquired the power to transform his environment in countless ways and on an unprecedented scale. Thus, whole environment has been effected and as ‘Air’ is also a part of this environment therefore it is not an exception which has been adversely affected by the man-made environment- by his scientific

The term Air Pollution can be further classified into two different sections- Visible air pollution and invisible air pollution. Another way of looking at Air Pollution could be any substance that holds the potential to hinder the atmosphere or the well being of the living beings surviving in it. The survival of all living beings is due to a combination of gases that collectively form the atmosphere; the imbalance caused by the increase or decrease of the percentage of such gases can be harmful for the survival of such living beings.

In order to get an in depth study of Air Pollution we have to go through a detailed analysis of ‘Air Pollutants’ which is described in details as follows:-

Air Pollutants – A human being is considered to breathe about 23000 times a day and inhales approximately 2000 litres of air. In this whole process carbon dioxide plays a very important role.

The Air pollutants that enters the human body during the respiratory process are carbon monoxide, sulphur oxides, nitrogen oxides, particulates, hydro carbons and photo chemical