Air Pollution

  1. Causes

car engines

burn gasoline - release bad chemicals to air

power plants / factories

furnances / stoves

fossil fuels

release poisonous gases

carbon dioxide / sulfur dioxide

eyes water

dry throat

damage lungs

cause cancer

healthy ppl sick

sick ppl worse

  1. Smog

mix of smoke & fog

ozone

3 oxygen atoms

lower atmosphere

reacts w/ molecules

poisonous

chemicals

thin out ozone layer

can't prevent ultraviolet rays