1. Automobile Pollution
... way also. The most dangerous and widespread of all of the pollutants are hydrocarbons. Hydrocarbons emitted by automobiles create smog by reacting with nitrogen oxides and sunlight. This smog acts as ground level ozone that causes many health problems for people. These problems include eye ... in the automobile's engine, nitrogen and oxygen atoms in the air react and form this nitrogen oxide. Along with deteriorating the ozone, nitrogen oxides also help form acid rain which hurts plants and other wildlife. When incomplete combustion occurs because carbon is not completely oxidized ... ...
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