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  (5) Air pollution happens when trash gets into the air. Most people expect the atmosphere to take care of air pollution but things called thermal inversions can trap the pollution in one spot for a long time until it becomes very dangerous. Natural sources can also be air pollution, such as volcanoes because of sulfur oxides. Air pollution can happen inside too, by trapping the pollution inside.(2)
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**__ How Does Air Pollution Affect Your Health, the Environment, and Animals? __** Air pollution can affect your health in many ways. Mostly it causes breathing problems like asthma. This is mostly when you are a child. It also can cause different breathing problems in adults, such as highering your risk of getting cancer.(3) Air pollution doesn't just hurt our health, it also harms, plants, animals, building materials, and fabrics. More money then we think is being used towards repairing the damage done by air pollution.(1) Air pollution can hurt people when they breathe it in because it can irritate their air passage ways and lungs. Air pollution is also a lead to acid rain when smoke stacks pollute the air. Acid rain is a huge problem already, causing many things in the enivronment to die, and air pollution is just making that problem worse.(6)

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**__ What Causes Air Pollution __**** ? ** You may not realize that humans are the main cause of most air pollution. We dirty the air by everyday things like heat and motor vehicle fuel which is called black carbon pollution. Since we have increased the use of auto mobiles and airplanes, air pollution has increased, causing a serious problem.(1) Fires with solid trash, causes very visible air pollution such as thick black smoke.(2) Smog is also a type of air pollution. Not enough wind or thermal inversions could cause a lot of smog to build up in an area.(4) **__ Common Air Pollutants __** Some common pollutants in the air we breathe are: 1. Ozone 2.VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds) 3.Nitrogen Dioxide 4.Carbon Minoxide 5.Particulate Matter (dust, smoke, soot) 6.Lead 7.Sulfur Dioxide (8)

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