Air Pollution
Education
Causes
Children
Adults
100
The presence of solid, liquid, or gases in the outside air in amounts that are a potential source of risk on human health
What is air pollution?
100
Dust masks, bandanas, or other cloths (even if wet)
What are things that dont protect against smoke?
100
This paint was banned in 1978 to which we could be come exposed to.
What is Lead Based Paint?
100
Compared to adults, children spend this much more time outside? (percentage)
What is 50%
100
Lifelong disease that causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing.
What is Asthma
200
This is the time Air Pollution is at it's highest?
What is Afternoons?
200
This is known as the "quiet killer"
What is Carbon Monoxide Poisoning?
200
Long term exposure to this can cause dizziness, fatigue, cunfusion, visual impairments, and even death
What is Carbon Monoxide?
200
This state found significant deficit in the growth of lung function in children due to oudoor pollutants
What is California?
200
Air pollution can cause these types of problems with long exposure to particulate matter.
What is Cardio Problems
300
A mixture of gases and fine particles and contains more than 700 chemicals, including hundreds that are toxic and about 70 that can cause cancer.
What is Secondhand smoke?
300
The best time to do outdoor activities and when ozone levels are lower.
What is mornings and evenings.
300
This can be found almost anywhere; they can grow on virtually any organic substance, as long as moisture and oxygen are present
What is Mold?
300
Long term chronic particulate matter exposure has been found to increase mortality in this age group?
What are Infants?
300
Acute & long term lung impairments, chronic bronchitis, asthma, COPD, lung cancer, & cardiovascular problems
What are health problems caused by air pollution
400
Diesel fuel, chlorine, hydrochloric acid and single chemical release.
What is Most common substances of rail transport events.
400
Airnow.gov, loacl health departments, local media- tv, radio, newspaper, internet.
What are ways to check air quality and advisories.
400
Type of gas that is colorless and smells like rotten eggs
What is Sulfer Dioxide?
400
Prevalence of this disease increased from 7.3% (20.3 million persons) in 2001 to 8.2%
What is Asthma
400
Chronic Bronchitis, COPD, Lung Cancer, Acute & Long Term Lung Impairments
What are symptoms/diseases exacerbated by air pollution
500
Secondary air pollutant produced from the chemical reaction between nitrogen oxide & volatile organic compounds in the presence of sunlight.
What is Ground Level Ozone
500
There were 78 of these events from 2002-2007
What is Rail Events?
500
These fine droplets in the air are less than 2.5 microns wide, or about 30 times smaller than human hair
What is Particulate Matter?
500
Adverse birth outcomes, decrease lung growth, early death, breathing problems.
What are health risks for children.
500
Industrial emissions, automobile exhaust, mold, secondhand smoke, nitrogen dioxide, chemical irritants?
What is Asthma triggers