EESA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Indoor Air Quality, Tropospheric Ozone, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
13 Dec 2017
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Primary air pollutants: particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides, voc (volatile organic compounds, lead. Vehicles, factories, construction sites, tilled fields, stone crashing and all kinds of burning. Particulates classified by size: pm10- respirable, pm 2. 5- (cid:862)fine(cid:863, ultrafine particulates. Heaters, woodstoves, gas stoves, fireplaces, water heaters, automobile exhaust and tobacco smoke. 1,000 people die each year in us as result of co poisoning. Sometimes confused with flu or food poisoning. Fetuses, infants, elderly and people with heart and respiratory illnesses are at high risk for adverse health effects. Interferes with the delivery of oxygen in the blood to the rest of the body. Nausea, dizziness, death: prevention, never leave a car engine running in a shed or garage, proper selection, installation and maintenance of appliances, correct use of appliances, good ventilation, use co detectors. Formed in any type of combustion process. Involved in formation of grown level ozone. Burning of coal and oil, extraction of metals from ore.
