AIR

POLLUTI
ON

CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
TYPES
CAUSES AND EFFECTS
GREEN HOUSE EFFECT
EFFECT ON OZONE LAYER
CASE STUDY
PREVENTION

WHAT IS AIR POLLUTION?

Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals,

particulate matter or biological materials that

cause harm and discomfort to human and
other living organisms, or cause damage to
natural environment, into the atmosphere.

AIR
POLLUTION
CAUSED BY
INDUSTRIES

what comes from

industries and factories
is often considered a
prime factors in air
pollution. According to a
study conducted by the
Environmental Protection
Agency, or EPA, it has
been found that
industrial pollution
accounts for
approximately 50
percent of the pollution
in India. There are
numerous serious
ecological implications
and health risks
associated with industrial
air pollution.

Industrial pollution is one of the

primary sources of environmental
contamination. According to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), air pollution levels rose 14
percent from 1990 to 2008. This trend
reflects the amount of human-caused
greenhouse gas emissions in the air.
Air pollution can have profound
effects on the health of the entire Factories pollute the air through
fossil fuel emissions. These
planet.
emissions include carbon dioxide,
methane, and nitrous oxide.
Combustion creates these toxic
pollutants. While all of these are
naturally-occurring substances, it is
the high levels of emissions which
are of concern. Industrial processes
will also emit manmade emissions
such as fluorine-containing gases
such as hydrofluorocarbons.

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) warm the Surface and the atmosphere

with significant implications for rainfall, retreat of glaciers and
sea ice, sea level, among other factors. About 30 years ago, it
was recognized that the increase in troposphere ozone from air
pollution (NO(x), CO and others) is an important greenhouse
forcing term. In addition, the recognition of chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs) on stratospheric ozone and its climate effects linked
chemistry and climate strongly. What is less recognized, however,
is a comparably major global problem dealing with air pollution.
Until about ten years ago, air pollution was thought to be just an
urban or a local problem. But new data have revealed that air
pollution is transported across continents and ocean basins due
to fast long-range transport, resulting in trans-oceanic and transcontinental plumes of atmospheric brown Clouds (ABCs)
containing sub micron size particles, i.e., aerosols. ABCs intercept
Sunlight by absorbing as well as reflecting it, both of which lead
to a large surface dimming. The dimming effect is enhanced
further because aerosols may nucleate more cloud droplets,
which makes the clouds reflect More solar radiation.