Environmental Studies 19B13BT211: Lecture 3.1 Air Pollution

Degradable or non-persistent pollutants, Slowly-degradable or persistent pollutants, Non-degradable pollutants

Air pollution is the presence of undesirable solid or gaseous particles in the air in quantities that are harmful to human health and the environment.

The Great Smog of London was an environmental disaster in England, United Kingdom, in 1952.

<p>Carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Primary pollutants are directly emitted into the atmosphere, while secondary pollutants are formed by chemical reactions in the atmosphere.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>DDT is considered a slowly-degradable or persistent pollutant because it takes a long time to break down in the environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Smog</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1981</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Motor Vehicle Act</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lack of appetite, rapid loss in weight, lameness, diarrhea, and death</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Epinastic, necrosis, chlorosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Power plants and Municipal incinerators</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ozone depletion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Highway vehicles, Railroad locomotives, Motor vehicles</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Particles suspended in air</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fume</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fog</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Column of one fluid moving to another</p> Signup and view all the answers