Слайд 1Save Our Planet
Air Pollution
Слайд 2Air pollution is the introduction into the atmosphere of chemicals,
particulates, or biological materials that cause discomfort, disease, or death
to humans, damage other living organisms such as food crops, or damage the natural environment.
Слайд 3Air Pollution in Cairo,Egypt
Population:
7,772
In Cairo just breathing the air is life threatening- equivalent
to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day.
Слайд 4Bakersfield, California
Population: 807,407
Bakersfield and Delano, Calif., residents breathe some of
the country’s most polluted air.
Agriculture in this region of the
San Joaquin Valley "whips up" a lot of dust, pesticides, and fertilizers
Слайд 5Los Angeles
Population: 17,820,893 (includes Long Beach and Riverside)
Lots of people, cars,
factories, and shipping ports, as well as sunny, stagnant weather
all contribute to local air pollution
Слайд 6Birmingham, Alabama
Population: 1,212,848
In the late 1800s, the city was known
as the Steel Capital of the South. While most of
those steel mills have since closed, plenty of tailpipes and power-plant smokestacks continue to spew out pollutants.
Слайд 7Louisville, Kentucky
Population: 1,395,634
The Louisville area (Jefferson County, as well as
neighboring Elizabethtown and Scottsburg, Ind.) is surrounded on all sides
by hills that can hold dirty air hostage.
The heat island effect also concentrates pollutants in the urban region of Louisville, as it does in other cities such as Los Angeles and Phoenix.
Слайд 8Modesto, California
Population: 510,385
Modesto is surrounded by farmland and suffers from
agricultural pollution.
But this city, too, is making efforts to clean
the air, including establishing strict rules for the burning of trash and yard waste.
Слайд 9Norilsk, Russia
Population: 134,000.
"Most Polluted City" in 2010.
Center for heavy-metal
smelting (cobalt, nickel, etc ).
Life expectancy 10-15 years below
average for Russian mine workers.
Слайд 10New Delhi, India
Population: 23.9 million
3,000 tons of pollutants are spewed
into the air each day by heavy industry and traffic.
Groundwater is being contaminated by untreated, toxic industrial discharge.
Increased risk of sewage entering the food chain via agriculture
Слайд 11Karachi, Pakistan
Population: 16.9 million
Has major problems with untreated sewage and
waste from factories.
Air pollution estimated to be 20 times WHO
standards.
Слайд 12Linfen, China
Population:4.3 million.
One of the "World's Most Polluted Cities".
Home to
smelting plants, coal mines and iron foundries.
Continuously blanketed in smog,
coal dust & foul sulfurous gases.
Слайд 13Taiyuan, Shanxi China
Population: 4.3 million.
Heavy industry and coal fired power
stations are heavy polluters of air and water-ways.
Слайд 14Dzerzhinsk, Russia
Population: 300,000.
Soil and groundwater heavily polluted with arsenic, heavy
metals, phenols, etc.
Once named as the most chemically polluted city
in the world by Guiness Book of World Records.
Слайд 15Chernobyl, Ukraine
Population: 45,59
The meltdown of the nuclear plant has led
to the city being considered as uninhabitable, particularly the 19-mile
exclusion zone that surrounds the plant.
Fortunately, measures are being taken to prevent additional radiation spills from the ruins of the plant.
Слайд 16Ways of Solving Environmental Problems
Solving ecological problems bring positive
changes to the surrounding environment. To solve environmental health problems
reduce the rate of pollution by use of biodegradable products. After using any contaminant it is advisable able to throw it in a pit or burn it.
Слайд 18Never drop litter.
Try not to waste energy.
Don’t waste paper.
Help to
clean up your local environment.
Some Advices to Save Your Planet: