... air pollutants that are known to be toxic to humans and the environment. Some of these emissions are also known to be changing the earth's climate (Gurjar et al., 2005). Carbon dioxide is the one of the most common of all air pollution and is known to be a major contributor to global warming. Pollutants that are produced from the combustion of fossil ... fuels other than carbon dioxide include sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compounds (VOC). These air pollutants excluding ground-level ozone are known as prim...

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... This product is mostly a product of combustion. It is made when the combustion of fossil fuels doesn't complete due to the lack of oxygen. Incomplete combustion produces carbon monoxide (CO) instead of carbon dioxide (CO2) which is the secondary product of more complete combustion. The burning of these fuels runs our cars and heats our homes. Different methods to decrease the incomplete combustion ... 20-percent oxygen, and the air that is exhaled is about 15-percent oxygen, so about 5-percent of the volume of air is consumed in each breath and converted to carbon dioxide. Therefore, a ...

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... cut back on gas fumes given off by my car because this gives off nitrous oxide which is toxic to the lungs and contributes to the increase in ozone, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide. I tend to car pool but not quite enough, in Maryland there are designated lanes called car pool lanes for 2 or more people, in some situations these lanes are great ... Warming is the process in which radiation from the sun gets trapped in the atmosphere and causes an increase in temperature in the Earth. This process is caused through the carbon dioxide trapping this radiation in the atmosphere. Some so...

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... pollute, but use them in control so that their side effects do not outweigh their advantages. Consequences of Pollutants Carbon dioxide may reach a capacity in the atmosphere that it may exceed the capacity of the plant life to remove it. In the atmosphere, an excess ... of carbon dioxide creates a greenhouse effect. An increase in carbon dioxide causes an increase in the temperature all over the world. If this continues, it could melt the polar ice caps, raise the ... sea level, and flood the coastal areas of the world. The opposite of the carbon dioxide effect is the effect of smoke,...

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... survival. However, the widespread of burned fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes are bringing copious amounts of CO2 that is affecting atmospheric levels. "Unlike other air pollutants, carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming are so ubiquitous that the EPA raised the law's threshold level requiring a permit," said Richard Wolf (1). Environmental Protection Agency decision to ... make a change in the threshold levels would help regulate carbon dioxide emission and help decrease global warming, which is very important. However, there is still more greenho...

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... . Additionally, Nitrogen Oxides (NOX) combine with organic compounds in the air to form Ozone, which can increase the risk of fatality for those with lung disorders. Industry emissions of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) and Nitrous Oxides (NOX) can combine with oxygen, water, and other compounds in the atmosphere, and result in acidic deposition or "acid rain". The EPA states that fossil fuel ... credits will be set for all affected utilities. An Annual Reconciliation period established by the EPA allows utilities a 30-day period to purchase allowances needed to cover its annual Sulfur Dioxide emis...

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... , a way of forcing regulations on industry; in fact the average temperature is already rising. Unless measures are taken to reduce or even eliminated greenhouse gases many drastic problems could occur. Carbon dioxide is the most prominent greenhouse gas. It acts like a blanket in the earth's atmosphere allowing heat to enter but little to escape. The main producers of ... carbon dioxide are cars, power plants and industries that use fossil fuels (EPA, Emissions). The earth's temperatures change naturally, yet in the past 50 years a measurable amount of warming has occurred. In ... mone...

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... blamed for the majority of the air pollution easily. When looking at the top five contributors of air pollution, automobiles are responsible for three of them. The most important, being carbon monoxide is released from the exhaust along with many other pollutants and nothing is done about this. Sure, we have made stricter emissions for cars, but until something is done ... 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 to form c...

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... blamed for the majority of the air pollution easily. When looking at the top five contributors of air pollution, automobiles are responsible for three of them. The most important, being carbon monoxide is released from the exhaust along with many other pollutants and nothing is done about this. Sure, we have made stricter emissions for cars, but until something is done ... 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 to form c...

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... substances, and damage the soil with too many fertilizers and pesticides. The warming or "Greenhouse effect" we are now experiencing is a result of carbon dioxide we have dumped into the air. It turns clear, odorless air into hazy, smelly air that harms health, kills plants, and damages property ... pollution and global warming results from pouring hundreds of millions of tons of gases and participates into the atmosphere including the major greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane (CH4), the halocarbons (CFCs) and nitrous oxide. So called "trace gases" make up the remainder of a...

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... , New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New Jersey combined. With population growth, another thing grows and that's pollution. The more people there are then the more use of cars and the more carbon dioxide there is being exhaled into the air and the more factories there are being built to give all these people jobs and well, you get the point. Our little planet ... America, cars release most of the gasses that are responsible for trapping heat in our atmosphere and creating the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect occurs when certain air pollutants (like carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, me...

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... as well as are other components found in diesel fuel emissions. Diesel engines release harmful substances including directly emitted organic and elemental carbon (soot), toxic metals, nitrogen oxides that form ozone and nitrate particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and a variety of toxic metals and gases such as formaldehyde, acrolein, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. (California Air Resources Board 2000. Risk Reduction ... causes increased blood clotting. The ability of the invasive PM to be an irritant has also suggested that it can impa...

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... products they are often emitted into the atmosphere with little or no treatment. What can we do to find a less expensive solution? Each year 20 billion tons of carbon dioxide, 130 million tons of sulfur dioxide, 97 million tons of hydrocarbons, 53 million tons of nitrogen oxides, more than 3 million tons of arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, nickel, zinc and other toxic metals are ... first steps is to understand the problem and its solutions. The pollutants attack humans indirectly through the foods that we consume. Governments have passed laws to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide and n...

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... than 35,000 industries, which contribute to the forty million liter of fuel that the city consumes every day. When this fuel in burned it releases chemicals such as sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and ozone. The sheer number of factories pumping these gases into the air makes it difficult for these gasses to dissipate and over time they continue to build ... ...

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... example of this particulate matter . The particles are very small pieces of matter measuring about 2.5 microns or about .0001 inches. This type of pollution is sometimes referred to as "black carbon" pollution. The exhaust from burning fuels in automobiles, homes, and industries is a major source of pollution in the air. Some authorities believe that even the burning of wood and charcoal ... in fireplaces and barbeques can release significant quantities of soot into the air. [Walsall.gov] Another type of pollution is the release of noxious gases, such as sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide,...

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