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BEAT AIR POLLUTION |
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by Sandhya Adhikari | 26-10-2019 13:52
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Lying under the Zenith those imagination ever popped on my head, where I wondered a day under those clear sky jubilate with those pristine air, no more those puffy nebula of dusty air, no hectic traffic popping, not a day when my granny¡¯s bronchitis lung contribute any expenditure to fill our stomach with those food cooked in firewood stove, my mother¡¯s hand don¡¯t force her to make ¡°Guitha¡¯¡¯( cow dung and straw are mixed and given a shape of stick and sunbathed in summer which can be used in winter for firewood purpose which has became the major source of air pollution in rural area as extreme smoke comes from this) to warm those icy body as well as to warm the Earth, where my illiterate 85 years old grandpa don¡¯t burn those all plastics bottles and wrappers to warm his sluggish body. Yes i imagined to have a peaceful environment with virgin air regardless of retrograde environment where I don¡¯t fear to breathe, where my granny¡¯s bronchitis lung still keep the hope to remain functional for some year and get a pint of clean and virgin air. So ridiculous to express this is only up to imagination, way too disheartening but it is so real that a virgin pollution free atmosphere is arduous to rummage.I am an environment concerned girl, I proudly say but it makes me feel so worst and shameless to share this story that I could do nothing that still most of the people of rural community of my Region sustain their life making fermented product i.e alcohol using primitive technology which has resulted excessive emission of carbon dioxide as byproduct in this atmosphere and as a reward environment is rewarded with a gift i.e. AIR POLLUTION. Air is one of the most fundamental need of every life holding component existing in this universe. The quality of air that we breathe determines our average life expectancy. When having glance to existing situation, air pollution has became the major time bomb. Anything that alters the physical, chemical and biological composition of air is considered as air pollution. As the world is getting hotter and squeeze day by day, those engines continue to pump out dirty emissions, and the very air we people are breathing is growing dangerously polluted, nine out of ten people now inhale polluted air and which result the death of 7 million people every year. Meeting the goals of Paris Agreement to Combat Climate Change could save about millions of lives a year worldwide by 2050 through reduction in air pollution alone. With the advancement of newfangled technology and establishment of factories, industries various chemicals like carbon monoxide, Chlorofloro carbon, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides etc are getting altitudinous position which are the primary air pollutant and the pollutant from the interaction of primary pollutants are secondary pollutants like smog which directly affect this environment. Those unsympathetic activities followed during mining and burning of fossils fuel in power plant has added its contribution in rising the air pollution.Correspondingly, in developing and poor countries traditional biomass burning is a major source of air pollutant. Agriculture alone contribute nearly 24% of total green house gases emission (IPCC, 2014) i.e from the use of the synthetic fertilizers, landfills which produces excessive methane, enteric fermentation, and rice cultivation which contribute more than 10% of global anthropogenic GHG emission (FAOSTAT, 2014). Although North America has less than 7% population but accounts 15-23% of the world¡¯s emission in terms of trace gases important for radiative process of atmosphere and acidified rain. Use of nuclear weapon, germ warfare and rocketry for space exploration has also left its footprint in air pollution. Some of the air pollution is also due to the natural factors such as volcanic eruptions which eject tremendous amount of volcanic ashes and lava onto the earth surface adding dust and smoke to atmosphere thereby polluting the air, radioactivity released from decay of rocks, as well radon from the radioactive decay of earth crust, carbon sequestration, wind erosion and most importantly forest fire, The Amazon forest which effectuates about 20% of world¡¯s oxygen, often called ¡®¡¯The lungs of Earth¡¯¡¯ is on the threat of fire which resulted to increase in carbon dioxide, use of paints which contains volatile compounds, formaldehyde and ozone on the atmosphere also assists in the elevation of air pollution. In addition to this air pollution has the catastrophic effect on children and pregnant women, worldwide up to 14% children aged 5-18 years have asthma related problems, every year 543000 children younger than 5 year die from respiratory disease connected with air pollution, most of the childhood cancer, undeveloped fetal brain, autism spectrum disorder, congnitive impairment are major effect of polluted air. In case of plants, they usually show damage like necrosis, lesions, stunned plant growth, chlorosis, bronzing, mottling, decreased photosynthesis, restricting respiration, wilting etc. Similar to this accumulation of nitrogen leads to Eutrophication. As already discussed air pollution enhance global warming leading to climate change. Some historical consequences also clarify that air pollution has a devastating effect, The Bhopal Disaster that took place in India on December 1984 is considered as most catastrophic disaster in the world leading to the death of 3000 local people due to blockage on respiratory tract. Similarly, in December 1952, the United Kingdom faced its worst event of air pollution when a thick smog covered London which claimed the lives of 4000 people and 1000 suffered from respiratory problems due to smog. Air pollution can affect cardiovascular health by hardening arteries, increases the risk of heart attack and strokes, degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer¡¯s disease, Parkinson¡¯s disease and Schizophrenia. To sum up, it¡¯s a major challenging and a motif of pertain for people of contemporary era to sustain in those environment with a Darwinism Theory, ¡®¡¯Struggle for the Existence¡¯¡¯, all the concerned person from globally should join hand to rack up pollution free atmosphere so that future generation will deploy their existence. Now its our turn, Shall We???? |
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9 Comments
Greetings Sandhya
I hope you are doing well
Great
Thank you so much for this report.
I hope yo read more from you
Keep writing
Green cheers!
Regards
Hema
Posted 18-03-2020 11:42
Greeting sandhya
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report.
I hope to read more from you.
Keep up with great works
Green cheers
Regards
Basanta
Posted 16-03-2020 03:55
Hello susmita
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report.
Regards
Sus
Posted 29-02-2020 21:10
Hello sandhya
Very nice
Thank you so much for this report
Yours
Susmita
Posted 26-02-2020 21:40
Hello Sandhya
I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works.
Thank you for your report about BEAT AIR POLLUTION. Great One Sandhya
Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Regards,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 28-10-2019 23:23
Hello Sandhya
Air pollution has become a serious threat to human society. Unfortunately, there is not much sign of any improvements. Air pollution along with green house gases lead to climate change, which means it is a time limited issue that should be treated seriously.
I'm really surprised by the percentage of children suffering from respiratory problem. From this I can see that it's the weak who suffers the most from the polluted air.
People should all think about how they are partially contributing to the air pollution. We all have to put some effort in daily basis to actually make change.
Thank you for the great report.
Keep up the good work.
Posted 28-10-2019 00:47
Hello Sandhya,
This seems to be really inspiring.Your words are worth to all eco-warriors.
Green cheers
Posted 27-10-2019 16:18
Hello Sandhya
this is your mentor Lisa!
I can see that your making some real contributions to solving the air polluton. Plus, I didn't know that the air pollution has detrimental influence on so many parts of our lives!Thanks for the information. I also love how you made the poster involving this issue. Especially I really like how you expressed the leaves on the tree with the 'O2' sign.
Thanks for the article and keep up the green work:)
Posted 26-10-2019 20:52
Hello Sandhya!!!
I hope you are fine and doing great.
Thank you for nicely composed article.
Air pollution mitigation measures must be adopted well.
Keep writing and shining.
Hope to know more from you.
Warm regards,
Meena
GREEN CHEERS
Posted 26-10-2019 15:35