Air Pollution
Then the sky turned red, toxins over head, everybodies dead, everybodies dead.
(GutterMouth; Nitro Records; 1995)
In 1948, the industrial town of Donora, Pennsylvania suffered 28 deaths
because of the thick smog. Air pollution is an ecological problem having to do
with toxins in the air. There are a few things the human race has done to try
to prevent air pollution from taking such a serious toll. Two of these are the
Clean Air Acts and the increased use of solar power over coal power. By
creating electric cars, the pollution caused by gasoline powered cars will be
lessened. If the pollution is not stopped, it will cause life on earth as we
know it to cease.
Air pollution causes a number of health and ecological problems. It
causes health problems like cancer, emphysema, and asthma. It also causes the
depletion of the ozone layer which results in global warming and melting of the
ice caps. Up until the industrial era, the air was fairly clean. The use......
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