Sunday, 12 April 2015

Different types of pollutants

  • ·         Smog - fog or haze intensified by smoke or other atmospheric pollutants.
  • ·         Photochemical smog - haze in the atmosphere accompanied by high levels of ozone and nitrogen oxides, caused by the action of sunlight on pollutants.
  • ·         Carbon based compounds - released by cars
  • ·         Nitrogen Dioxide - released by cars
  • ·         Ground level Ozone
  • ·         Particulate Matter - material suspended in the air in the form of minute solid particles or liquid droplets, especially when considered as an atmospheric pollutant.
  • ·         Sulfur Dioxide - released by cars
  • ·         Hydrocarbons - cows (methane)
  • ·         Lead - factories expose of it as it is a waste product.



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