Next Time You Relax In A Deluxe Mayan Hammock, Think About Air Pollution
Nobody likes to think about breathing in polluted air. You’d rather think about swinging in a cotton Mayan hammock on a breezy day with the sun shining right? But the truth is, green living is important now and for future generations.
Air pollution effects us in many ways and has many causes. Just how badly each individual is harmed by pollution will depend on the duration of exposure, as well as the level of that exposure. These together, are referred to as the ‘total exposure’ to the pollution.
Elderly people as well as children usually are more harmed by the effects of air pollution than a healthy adult. It is also dangerous for people with asthma or lung disease to be exposed to air pollution.
People know that pollution is harmful (almost as much as from smokers) and could even kill you, but the benefits we get from activities causing pollution, often outweigh the potential harm in our minds. It is not until we have felt the effects of air pollution personally that we begin to be concerned with fixing the problem.
The short term effects of air pollution have probably harmed you already without you realizing it.
Some of the short term effects include:
* irritation to the nose
* irritation in the throat
* irritation to the eyes
Some more serious effects include:
* bronchitis
* respiratory infections
* pneumonia
You might have gotten these problems from air pollution and didn’t even realize it. You probably only think the effects of air pollution include the long term effects like lung cancer, and respiratory disease. So then you might have never realized that the last time you had a respiratory infection it was caused by dirty air.
Although the long term effects of air pollution are much more serious you are being harmed by air pollution every time you breathe in something you shouldn’t. When the long term effects start to harm you, it is much too late to start thinking about how to cut back on air pollution. These terrible problems include lung cancer, chronic respiratory disease, heart disease, and organ damage.
The organ damage can happen to your lungs, brain, nerves, kidneys, and liver. One very preventable way of polluting the air includes smoking cigarettes. Many people die each year, before their time, because of smoking cigarettes. When someone smokes around children, they can damage their lungs even before they are fully developed. Smoking and other air pollution can harm the elderly, and irritate their already present medical conditions. All of the human related sources of air pollution can be prevented, if we all keep trying to find ways to do what we need to do, without polluting the air we breathe.
So next time you lace up your tactical boots and head off to work, think about the air you breathe, and what you are putting into it.
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