EESA10H3 Lecture Notes - Foodborne Illness, Sulfur Oxide, Passive Smoking
9 Oct 2012
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They are natural and manufactured: natural include forest fires, volcanoes most of them that we cannot avoid, manufactured has different kinds of industry and the burning of fossil fuels. Is a chemical gas that has three oxygen atoms combined. In los angeles there is also a big problem with photochemical smog. In cold climates the problem is not that, it is less significant. In the morning and in the evening the concentration is lower. It is logical because many urban people exercise on the street to gather with the emissions and gases and they breathe deeper, take in much more air in their lungs. These particulate matter can be associated with acidic material acids as these acids damage the lungs a lot (very dangerous to our lungs) Carbon monoxide: why does carbon monoxide need more discussion and attention, you are exposed and it is very hard to know that you are poisoned but it is also a very common pollutant.
