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2. Carbon dioxide
WHAT IS AIR POLLUTION?
Air pollution may be defined as any atmospheric SOURCES
condition in which certain substances are Fossil fuel combustion
present in such concentrations that they can Agricultural practices
produce undesirable effects on man and his Forestry
environment.
EFFECT
SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION Climate change
EFFECTS EFFECT
Reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of the • Irritation of eyes and lungs leading to
blood. respiratory diseases.
Dangerous asphyxiant
Reduces vision
PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS Control Devices for gaseous contaminants
1. Ozone 1. Wet absorption methods
2. Dry absorption methods
SOURCES
Coal fields Control Devices for particulate contaminants
Natural Fires 1. Gravitational Settling Chamber
Refineries This device consists of huge rectangular
chambers. The gas stream polluted with
EFFECTS particulates is allowed to enter from one end.
Respiratory diseases
Damages vegetation and ecosystem 2. Cyclone Separators
Instead of gravitational force, centrifugal force
CHLOROFLUOROMETHANES is utilized by this device to separate particulate
The propellants used for aerosol cans and as matter from the polluted gas.
refrigerants. They affect the ozone layer.
3. Fabric Filters
B. PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTANTS A stream of the polluted gas is made to pass
All atmospheric substances that are not gases through a fabric that filters out the particulate
but may be suspended droplets, solid particles pollutant and allows the clear gas to pass
or mixtures of the two. through.