The degradation of ecosystems in general is increasingly worrying, and its (harmful) effects on living forms (including man) have never been so evident.
Apparently immune to this situation, human beings do not realize the calamity they are causing in the face of abiotic and biotic imbalances across the planet.
Every day, vehicles and industries release an intolerant volume of pollutants into the atmosphere, increasing more and more the concentration of toxic elements suspended in the air, such as carbon dioxide.
After being emitted and inspired, this gas in the form of carbon monoxide (CO) is assimilated by the circulatory system, forming a compound stable with the hemoglobin molecule, called carboxyhemoglobin, thus preventing the transport of oxygen, causing problems respiratory. But if that wasn't enough, the other chemical elements resulting from this form of pollution also cause other destructive events, for example: maximizing the greenhouse effect, acid rain, thermal inversions, in addition to contributing to progressive warming global.
Among the solutions to control atmospheric pollution, the following can be mentioned:
- Use of fuel and forms of energy that are less harmful to the environment;
- Installation of anti-pollutant filters in industries;
- Mandatory use of catalytic converters in cars;
- And the revitalization (afforestation) of large urban centers (metropolises).
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By Krukemberghe Fonseca
Graduated in Biology
Brazil School Team
Pollution - Ecology - Biology - Brazil School
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
RIBEIRO, Krukemberghe Divine Kirk da Fonseca. "Health and air pollution"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/biologia/saude-poluicao-atmosferica.htm. Accessed on June 27, 2021.
