ESCUELA INDUSTRIAL Y PREPARATORIA TECNICA "ALVARO OBREGON"

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Are there plans in place to reduce air pollution?

Air pollution is regulated in high-income countries like in North America and Europe. Although these countries have in place air pollution standards, there is no evidence that there is a threshold under which adverse health effects do not occur. In many low and middle income countries, air pollution is relatively unregulated and in many places very few measurements are available to monitor the situation.

At the city level, various schemes have been put in place to reduce air pollution, for example low emission zones.

What needs to be done about air pollution and its associated health risks?

Recent estimates indicate that outdoor PM2.5 is the 9th most important risk factor for death and disability worldwide. Exposure to outdoor air pollution is largely out of the control of the individual.

Statistics of the Pollution

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SOLUTIONS TO POLLUTION

- Understand the concept of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle: Do not throw away items that are of no use to you. In-fact reuse them for some other purpose. For e.g. you can use old jars to store cereals or pulses.

- Use public mode of transportation: Encourage people to use more and more public modes of transportation to reduce pollution. Also, try to make use of carpooling. If you and your colleagues come from the same locality and have same timings you can explore this option to save energy and money.

- Conserve energy: Switch off fans and lights when you are going out. Large amount of fossil fuels are burnt to produce electricity. You can save the environment from degradation by reducing the amount of fossil fuels to be burned.

- Emphasis on clean energy resources: Clean energy technologies like solar, wind and geothermalare on high these days. Governments of various countries have been providing grants to consumers who are interested in installing solar panels for their home. This will go a long way to curb air pollution.

- Use energy efficient devices: CFL lights consume less electricity as against their counterparts. They live longer, consume less electricity, lower electricity bills and also help you to reduce pollution by consuming less energy.

- Walk or ride your bike whenever possible: One of the best things you can do to help stop pollution is to stop using your car for short trips. If the weather is nice and you don’t have too far to go, consider walking or riding your bike. You will help reduce air pollution and you will get some exercise and fresh air in the process.

- Get regular maintenance on your vehicle. In addition to finding ways to use your car less, keeping your car in good condition can also help reduce carbon emissions. As an added bonus, keeping your car in good condition will also help avoid more major problems with your vehicle.

- Consider purchasing a hybrid or electric car for your next vehicle. Electric cars run on electricity alone, so they are zero emission vehicles. Hybrid cars use a combination of electricity and fuel to run. While electric cars are the least polluting, both options will help stop pollution. Although they still use some gas to run, hybrid cars have much better fuel economy than regular cars and emit fewer greenhouse gases than traditional cars.

CONCLUSION

The environmental problem should worry everyone because it involves us every living thing on the planet and if we neglect our planet and damage where we live making it harder on the planet polluting without rest and a solution is possible if action is taken to weather. Thanks to this work we reflect upon pollution and makes us reflect what we are causing and based on that there are organizations that help save the planet by recycling and campaigns to promote the use of bicycles to reduce pollution.[pic 10]