EESA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Indoor Air Quality, Tropospheric Ozone, Volatile Organic Compound
12 Jan 2017
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Human health and the environment lec 2 airborne. Case study 1: london smog 1952- land mark in air pollution industry in england involved burning of coal which released a lot of sulphuric acid. In 1952 in winter the coldest month of the year more people where using a significant amount of coal the air was stagnant it was dark in the middle of the day. The smog was the result of the coal burning. People also felt burning sensation in their mouth and throats, the burning caused sulphuric acid in their throats. The number of deaths recorded in two weeks was 4 thousand people. The (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:374)tratio(cid:374) of s(cid:373)oke (cid:449)as the highest (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)er of deaths. After the t(cid:449)o (cid:449)eeks" sulphuric acid started spreading and became diluted. Case study 2: indonesia fires, 1997 burn trees and clear land and grow crops they do that normally but however 1997 they burned the forest and initiated the fire.
