Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Article Summary

This article is about air pollution. People think that air pollution is smog that has a bad effect to people but it does not increase other kinds of pollutions. People consider that air pollution and water pollutions are separate problems. The level of pollutions depends on the pollutant. Air pollution is not only man-made. Stationary and area sources of pollution are emission sources that don’t move. A mobile source is a source that is able to move with its own power. Agricultural sources are also another kind of source of pollution. There are also natural sources, which are sources not caused by people. Air pollutions have nitrogen, which have 4 effects. One of them is Acid Rain. There are also chemical contaminants in air pollution. They have 4 effects too and one of them is Bioaccumulation. Air pollutions also can move. We can help to reduce air pollution in many ways, such as turning off engines while we don’t have to use it. There are at least 17 ways to help reduce air pollution.

This is an example of air pollution caused by cars

Bibliography:

Chesapeake Bay Program Office (2005) Air Pollution http://www.chesapeakebay.net/air_pollution.htm accessed on 08/05/07

The picture was taken from:

http://www.gas-prices-fuel-economy.com/images/car_fuel_air_pollution.jpg accessed on 08/05/07

1 comment:

Jane in Java said...

Wow, you're really starting to get into this problem. Any ideas of how we can educate others about it?