Air Pollution by Aaron Sartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e en-us 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC 2017-12-08 04:33:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383288 A solution to getting rid of air pollutants would be to use devices like a baghouse filter or wet scrubber. ]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383288 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383289 Burning fuel gas indoors, Burning charcoal and wood indoors.  Indoor fireplaces that don't have proper ventilation.   Carbon monoxide poisoning can lead to death, it can also cause respiratory health problems. ]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383289 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383291 Radon is caused by natural radioactive decay of uranium in the bedrock. It can lead to lung cancer if it accumulates in a crack in a foundation. ]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383291 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383293 Sick building syndrome is believed to be a sickness caused by unknown agents in buildings. ]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383293 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383294 - Buildings/monuments eroding
- Kill/harms people when fell on human skin
- people/farmers losing jobs because acid kills plants]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383294 Harmful to streams of water, harmful to wildlife. aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383295 Acid rain makes harmful chemicals in the soil erode into bodies of water infecting wildlife. ]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383295 Economic- Companies and the government have to increasingly pay more money if the incorrect material is used and a building becomes damaged by acid rain. aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383296 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383296 Economic- harmful to sea animals causing an issue with fishing industries aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383297 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383297 Animals that are sensitive to decreasing ph levels and acidity in the water will become extinct. aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383298 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383298 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383299 Denver, Mexico city, LA tend to experience temperature inversions because they are surrounding by mountains and smoke tend to be trapped in the region which is why daylight savings make sense so that people do not drive at night burning fuels creating smokes that tends to stay.]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383299 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383300 It gets darker sooner in the day so daylight savings is necessary ]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383300 Economic Impacts aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383301 Crop damage for farmers]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383301 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383302 Air pollution control device to remove sulfur emissions
-Wet Scrubber
lowest sulfur content
-anthracite coal
APCD that decreases particulate matter
-Baghouse filter
-Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP)

]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383302 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383304 catalytic converters

]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383304 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383305 severe respiratory distress]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383305 vocs are controlled by using a filter in your car aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383306 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383306 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383307 Photochemical smog: VOC´s, nitrogen oxides
Industrial smog: sulfer dioxide]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383307 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383308 photo chemical smog is created when voc's nox and sunlight are combined ]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383308 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383309 Another term for VOC is hydrocarbon]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383309 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383311 Cars have catalytic converters which is used to control VOC's]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383311 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383312 Tropospheric ozone is created when NOX, CO and VOC´s react in the atmosphere, while Stratospheric ozone is formed naturally]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383312 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383313 Ozone in the stratosphere is beneficial. It absorbs harmful UV radiation. Tropospheric ozone is created when Vocs and]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383313 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383314 catalytic converter is used in cars to get rid of vocs ]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383314 I can describe the main source, health effects, and environmental effects of sox aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383315 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383315 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383316 SOx:
Comes primarily of fuels such as coal and oil (When these fuels are combusted) 
Respiratory irritant 
created by industrial smog



]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383316 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383317 NOx:
Nitrogen oxides= NO and NO2 bc they are easily transferrable
All combustion leads to formation of some nitrogen oxides

]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383317 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383318 The environmental effects of Pb are: decreased IQ, seizures, mental disorders, and increased blood pressure. Countries have seen a dramatic decline in Pb due to the Clean air act.
 
]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383318 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383319 PM increases respiratory distress as well as asthma while increasing the amount of industrial smog as well.]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383319 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383320 6 major pollutants: sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matter tropospheric ozone and lead]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383320 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383321 Air pollutants can be a global system without borders. The pollutants produced from factories in China can impact a country next door as the particles transfer via air. ]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383321 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383322 The process in which plants transform carbon into organic matter. The stratosphere contains the protective ozone layer. Weather occurs in the troposphere. The air we breath is made up of 78% nitrogen. The troposphere has the highest pressure.

]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383322 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383324 carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, particle pollution, and sulfur dioxide. Attainment is is where there is good air and non attainment is where there is lots of bad air to breath.]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383324 aaronsartain https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383325 the 4 main air pollutants put into the air by volcanoes are PM, SOx, VOC's, NOx. The 3 pollutants from forest fires are PM, CO and VOC (formaldehyde).  ]]> 2017-12-08 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronsartain/4pcaf1p8am1e/wish/214383325