The document discusses air pollution and its effects on human health. It notes that air pollution is a major environmental risk factor for diseases like asthma, lung cancer, and heart disease. Long-term exposure to air pollution can cause damage to organs like the heart, lungs, brain, kidneys, and liver, and may be linked to birth defects. The six main air pollutants are carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxides, ground-level ozone, particulate matter, and sulfur oxides.

1. G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur
(An Autonomous Institute affiliated to RTM Nagpur University)
Subject: Environmental Chemistry-Sem-II-Summer-2022-Sec-D
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2. G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur
(An Autonomous Institute affiliated to RTM Nagpur University)
Subject: Environmental Chemistry-Sem-II-Summer-2022-Sec-D
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Air pollutants & its effects on human being
Air pollution is considered as
the major environmental risk
factor in the incidence and
progression of some diseases
such as asthma, lung cancer,
ventricular hypertrophy,
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
diseases, psychological
complications, autism,
retinopathy, fetal growth, and
low birth weight.
What is Air pollution
causes of air pollution
Effects on human being
Long-term health effects from
air pollution include heart
disease, lung cancer, and
respiratory diseases such as
emphysema. Air pollution can
also cause long-term damage to
people's nerves, brain, kidneys,
liver, and other organs. Some
scientists suspect air pollutants
cause birth defects
These six pollutants
are carbon monoxide,
lead, nitrogen oxides,
ground-level ozone,
particle pollution
(often referred to as
particulate matter),
and sulfur oxides
Air Pollutants