Breathe clear

Breathe Clear!

LAIA DE CAPRIO AND LEONORA DOOLAARD

introduction

2.Why people should care

3. How people can help

1.Issue summary

1.1. What is air pollution?

2.1.What happens when you breathe in air pollutants?

3.1.Natural gas

1.2. Common sources?

1.2. Trees and plants

2.2. Consequences

1.3. The future

1.3. Replacement of fireplaces.

1.3. Climate change & airpollution

1.4. The global economy

1.4. The economy

Issue summary

• Serious issue
• The contamination of inddor or outdoor environment

COMMON SOURCES

the future

• Ecosystems
• Biodiversity
• Acid rain
• Forests
• Aquatic life.

The global economy

• Accelerate high costs in the global economy and climate change
• Medical care and medicine
• Children skipping school
• Poverty + Increasing mortality rates

Why people should care

Exposure to air pollution will affect everyone's health.

What happens when you breathe in air pollutants?

Consequences

• Breathing and lung diseases
• premature deaths & hospitalizations

• Enter your bloodstream
• itchy eyes
• alergies

Economy

Climate change & air pollution

• economic costs
• healthcare expenses
• lost productivity
• damage to property and crops

• Greenhouse gases

• global warming
• reducing air pollution will help mitigrate climate change

how people can help

• Natural gas

-Remplacing fuel cars

• Trees and plants

-Stormwater runoff, erosion, effects of flooding

• Replacement of fireplaces

-EPA certified

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