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AIR POLLUTION:
AIR POLLUTION CAN BE DEFINED AS THE INTRODUCTION OF
CHEMICALS, PARTICULATES, BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS OR OTHER
HARMFULL MATERIALS IN TO EARTHS ATMOSPHERE.
AN AIR POLLUTANT IS A SUBSTANCE IN THE AIR THAT CAN HAVE
ADVERSE EFFECTS ON HUMANS AND THE ECOSYSTEM.
THE SUBSTANCE CAN BE SOLID PARTICLES, LIQUID DROPLETS, OR
GASES. A POLLUTANT CAN BE OF NATURAL ORIGIN OR MAN-MADE.
MAIN CAUSES: GLOBALISATION, POPULATION GROWTH.
INDUSTRIALISATION, AIR POLLUTANTS
NATURAL SOURCES:
1.DUST FROM NATURAL SOURCES, USUALLY LARGE AREAS OF LAND
WITH FEW OR NO VEGETATION.
EFFECTS ON PLANTS
AIR POLLUTANTS CAN ENTER INTO PLANT BODY
THROUGH STOMATA AND CAN STOP
PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
DAMAGE TO LEAF STRUCTURE CAUSES
NECROSIS, CHLOROSIS, EPINASTY, ABSCISSION.
SO2 CAUSES BLEACHING OF LEAVES,
CHLOROSIS, INJURY AND NECROSIS.
PAN CAUSES SILVERING OF LOWER SURFACE OF
LEAF AND SUPPRESSED GROWTH.
SIGNIFICANCE
AIR POLLUTION EFFECTS ARE NOT LIMITED TO
THE SHORT TERM NOR TO THE PLANT DAMAGED
OR KILLED.
AIR POLLUTION CAN HAVE LONG TERM EFFECTS
THAT AFFECT NOT ONLY PLANTS, BUT THE
ANIMALS THAT
DEPEND UPON THEM.
IT CAN CAUSE IRREPARABLE HARM TO WATER
RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS.
RAPID DECLINE OF ECOSYSTEM HEALTH CAN
LEAVE SYSTEMS UNLIVABLE.
EFFECTS ON MATERIALS:
SO2 AND MOISTURE CAN ACCELERATE CORROSION OF METALLIC
SURFACES.
SULFURIC ACID ALSO DAMAGES METALLIC SURFACES, MARBLE
AND LIME STONE.
OZONE CAN CAUSE CRACKING OF RUBBER.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution
REMEDIAL MEASURES
WET SCRUBBERS :
USE WATER SPRAY TO FILTER THE POLLUTED AIR.
CYCLONE FILTER:
USES CENTRIFUGAL FORCE TO SEPARATE
POLLUTANTS.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_from_the_Air
http://www.nrdc.org/air/ -natural resources defense council
Fundamentals of air pollution daneil vallero
Air pollution and health stephen T holgate, Hillel S. Koren,
Jonathan M. Samet
Thank
you