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What is the scientific term of smog?
Photochemical smog, often referred to as “summer smog”, is the chemical reaction of sunlight, nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere, which leaves airborne particles and ground-level ozone.
What is the environmental impact of smog?
Ozone can damage lung tissue, and it is especially dangerous to people with respiratory illnesses like asthma. Ozone can also cause itchy, burning eyes. Smog is unhealthy to humans and animals, and it can kill plants. Smog is also ugly.
What are the main effects of smog?
Smog can irritate the eyes and throat and also damage the lungs, especially those of children, senior citizens, and people who work or exercise outdoors. It’s even worse for people who have asthma or allergies: these extra pollutants can intensify their symptoms and trigger asthma attacks.
What are four effects of smog?
Long-term health effects from air pollution include heart disease, lung cancer, and respiratory diseases such as emphysema. Air pollution can also cause long-term damage to people’s nerves, brain, kidneys, liver, and other organs. Some scientists suspect air pollutants cause birth defects.
How does smog affect the health of humans?
Smog is extremely detrimental to the health of all living organisms. In humans, the most severe effects of smog is experienced by the aged people, children and those who are already suffering from respiratory illnesses like asthma and bronchitis.
How is smog a form of air pollution?
Smog is a form of air pollution which highly reduces visibility on land. Smog is primarily produced as a result of industry and automobile generated air pollution and is a common occurrence in many industrial and urban areas of the world today.
How did the term smog get its name?
The term “smog” was coined in the early 20th Century by combining the words “smoke” and “fog”. Smog is a form of air pollution which highly reduces visibility on land. Smog is primarily produced as a result of industry and automobile generated air pollution and is a common occurrence in many industrial and urban areas of the world today.
What do we know about long term effects of air pollution?
Long-term ozone exposure was significantly associated with an increased rate of cardiovascular and respiratory disease deaths in our study. This outcome suggests that we need federal standards for long-term ozone pollution to protect public health.