Reading head: Data Analysis of Air Pollution on Public Health 1 Data Analysis of Air Pollution on Public Health 6Data Analysis of Air Pollution on Public Health Jonathan L. Johnson American Military University Thesis Statment People around the world don’t realize how bad the air pollution from gases, dust, and fumes affect the health of the public. Introduction With the innovation of technology and industrial evolution, followed by the destruction of the environment from various factors, the very air that sustains life at the surface of the earth, has been taken for granted for too long. Air is known to be a composition of gasses, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide and other gasses. Nitrogen contains 78.1%, and all the other gasses share oxygen, 20.9% of all gasses in the air, the remaining percentage. When dust particles, exhaust fumes emitted by cars, and factories, poisonous gasses like Carbon Monoxide and Sulfur Dioxide, get into the air resulting in pollution that affects the health of everyone. The presence of these air pollutants has been a significant threat to public health, and because the air is getting more polluted than cleaned, the public will face a greater danger health-wise as time goes on. Unless people take a stand of trying to purify the same air they continue polluting, public health will greatly deteriorate. Gases Moreover, there is more machinery being invented daily that releases more exhaust fumes and poisonous gasses into the air. The release of the exhaust fumes has resulted in increasing of toxic gasses. For instance, Carbon Monoxide (CO), inhibits the circulation of oxygen by the blood in the body upon inhalation to a significant volume. In the United Kingdom, hospitals report 200 cases of CO poisoning every year, of which 50 deaths occurs from the same (Dockery, 1993). As a result, the body experiences gradual malfunctioning of its organs, especially the critical ones like the brains and the heart. In case the gas is inhaled indoors, it can cause instant death. In the outdoors, however, it is still hazardous, but effects are prolonged. People with heart diseases can be faced with the challenge. The inhalation of CO inhibits Oxygen circulation as mentioned earlier. If a person’s cardiac muscles are not strong enough, then they are not able to pump enough oxygenated blood to all the individual’s body parts. This makes the person’s body be under stress, fatigued and in a lot of discomforts always (Künzli, 2000). This reduced supply of oxygen from the lungs to the heart can often lead to heart complications and angina-chest-pain. This gas is mostly emitted by motor vehicles, through their exhaust fumes, tobacco smoking, and machines like clothes dryers, boilers, power generators, and water heaters. Also, gas stoves, wood stoves, and ovens are primary sources of CO mostly in the indoors. Fireplaces, where charcoal or wood is burning, CO gets released into the air. These are very many sources of CO, which is a poison ...

1. Reading head: Data Analysis of Air Pollution on Public Health
1
Data Analysis of Air Pollution on Public Health
6Data Analysis of Air Pollution on Public Health
Jonathan L. Johnson
American Military University
Thesis Statment
People around the world don’t realize how bad the air pollution
from gases, dust, and fumes affect the health of the public.
Introduction
With the innovation of technology and industrial evolution,
followed by the destruction of the environment from various
factors, the very air that sustains life at the surface of the earth,
has been taken for granted for too long. Air is known to be a
composition of gasses, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide and
other gasses. Nitrogen contains 78.1%, and all the other gasses
share oxygen, 20.9% of all gasses in the air, the remaining
percentage. When dust particles, exhaust fumes emitted by cars,
and factories, poisonous gasses like Carbon Monoxide and
Sulfur Dioxide, get into the air resulting in pollution that
affects the health of everyone. The presence of these air
pollutants has been a significant threat to public health, and
because the air is getting more polluted than cleaned, the public
will face a greater danger health-wise as time goes on. Unless
people take a stand of trying to purify the same air they
continue polluting, public health will greatly deteriorate.
Gases
Moreover, there is more machinery being invented daily that
releases more exhaust fumes and poisonous gasses into the air.
The release of the exhaust fumes has resulted in increasing of

2. toxic gasses. For instance, Carbon Monoxide (CO), inhibits the
circulation of oxygen by the blood in the body upon inhalation
to a significant volume. In the United Kingdom, hospitals
report 200 cases of CO poisoning every year, of which 50
deaths occurs from the same (Dockery, 1993). As a result, the
body experiences gradual malfunctioning of its organs,
especially the critical ones like the brains and the heart. In case
the gas is inhaled indoors, it can cause instant death. In the
outdoors, however, it is still hazardous, but effects are
prolonged. People with heart diseases can be faced with the
challenge. The inhalation of CO inhibits Oxygen circulation as
mentioned earlier. If a person’s cardiac muscles are not strong
enough, then they are not able to pump enough oxygenated
blood to all the individual’s body parts. This makes the person’s
body be under stress, fatigued and in a lot of discomforts
always (Künzli, 2000). This reduced supply of oxygen from the
lungs to the heart can often lead to heart complications and
angina-chest-pain. This gas is mostly emitted by motor vehicles,
through their exhaust fumes, tobacco smoking, and machines
like clothes dryers, boilers, power generators, and water
heaters. Also, gas stoves, wood stoves, and ovens are primary
sources of CO mostly in the indoors. Fireplaces, where charcoal
or wood is burning, CO gets released into the air. These are
very many sources of CO, which is a poisonous gas and fatal if
emitted in the indoors and gets inhaled directly. This poses a
significant threat to public health since the use of some
machinery like cars cannot be ceased. Better ways of coping
with the problem of emission of CO should be sought out and
machines that produce less CO be invented.
Dust
Besides, it is not just gasses that are a threat to public health.
There are dust particles that are carried in the air; they are
minute enough not to be visible to the physical eye. Dust mostly
comes from soil erosion and sand and rocks. When dust is
inhaled, the tiny particles clogs the deep-most parts of the
lungs, leading to breathing complications. For asthmatic people,

3. this becomes a serious problem because inhalation of dust
sometimes becomes a trigger for an asthma attack. When the
particles pass through the breathing system, they cause
irritation, which as a resort brings about coughing and sneezing.
Dust particles carry bacteria and germs in them. When they get
into the human body, the germs or bacteria causes illnesses like
a fever (Dockery, 1994). Some other germs and bacteria can be
severe enough to transport flue or chronic diseases. When dust
particles get into the eyes, they cause irritation, triggering
scratching of the eyes which can damage them easily. There are
some cases in which breathing dust is inevitable. So much time
as dust is in the air and someone must breathe the air, then one
must blow the dust too. For instance, when working on a
construction site, no matter how much protective wear a person
puts on, s/he breathes cement dust and the person must work to
fend for his family. With this, it is clearly seen that dust is also
a major air pollutant.
Fumes/Odor
Last but not the least, it is observed that poisonous gasses,
which are Carbon Monoxide, Lead Oxide, Nitrogen Dioxide,
Sulfur Oxide, and the Ground-Level Ozone, are toxic gasses
that are released mostly by machinery and industries. They are
observed to have the same or similar health problems, mainly
lung and heart problems (Kenline, 1972). But, there is another
unthinkable problem that is assumed by many, though it’s a
serious one, the fumes. In urban areas, sometimes things like
trash collection is not well managed. It is dumped carelessly,
and the fumes that comes from the trash is awful enough to
make someone sick in as little as five minutes of breathing it.
Also, sewage may not be well piped, and as a result, it gets
leaked before reaching its destination. The fumes and odor that
comes from it also is pretty awful. It causes irritation,
discomfort and sometimes causes stomach issues. This causes
stress and failure of proper work output due to this health issue.
Conclusion

4. Upon concluding, it is evident that gasses, dust particles, and
fumes/odor from sewage and poisonous gases, are major air
pollutants and all of them collectively have adverse effects on
human health. They are a threat to public health and can cause
loss of life.
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