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~Air
Pollution~
-Introduction
-Pollutants
~Sulphur
dioxide
~Nitrogen
dioxide
~Carbon
monoxide
~Ozone
~Particulates
~Lead
-API
~What's
API?
~In
Hong Kong
~Equipment
~API
figures
-Photochemical
Smog
~What
is it?
~Problems
~Effects
-Acid Rain
~How
it is formed?
~Effects
-Global warming
~Greenhouse
effect
~Effects
~What
can you do?
-Measures
~Part
1
~Part
2
~Part
3
~What
can you do../1
~What
can you do../2 |
Pollutant: Carbon
monoxide
Characteristics:
It is a
colourless, odourless and tasteless gas.
Source:
It is produced by the incomplete burning of car-containing
fuels, such as petrol, coal and wood.
Effect:
It can reduce oxygen delivery
to the body's organs and tissues when it enters the bloodstream causing
slow responses, fainting and even death.
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