Chlorofluorocarbons, also known to many people as CFC'S are found in refridgerators, some aerosols and polystyrene foam. These chemicals were a main cause of the depletion of the ozone layer.
You ask where does pollution fall in part with this. What about the smog that comes from your cars in the morning, and the smoke that comes out of these big factories, all of this is just one little reason.
Going back to the subject of dumping your garbage in landfills all around the world. After these places get so much garbage, what we intelligent people do, is cover all of it up with dirt and smooth it out and act like it never happened. Probably many of Americans today are in their homes, watching TV and sitting right on top of what used to be a landfill. Scary, huh? .
Below in the next couple of paragraphs, I will be breaking down some of the most popular ways to pollute. I will be breaking down each form by: definition, origin, and characteristics.
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Air pollutin types and sources.
1. Carbon monoxide.
Carbon monoxide is one of two classifications that make up the carbon oxides, the other is carbon dioxide. Carbon monoxide (CO), a primary pollutant, is and odorless, tasteless gas with the same density as air. It is formed in the process of burning fuels, gasoline in automobiles and oil refineries. The effects of carbon monoxide on humans can be extremely traumatic. Carbon monoxide has an affinity to red blood cells that is about 10 times that of oxygen. This prevents oxygen from reaching vital organs and the brain, and if exposed long enough could result in death. The ill effects on the human body depend on health status and the length of time exposed as well as the concentration levels. Exposures of CO can result in headaches, reduced mental activity, vomiting, collapsing, coma and death. Its natural background level is 0.01 to 0.2 parts per million (ppm) and a decay rate of 0.1% per hour under direct sunlight.