The impact of this thing is the air in our environment is not as clean and fresh as before. It's certainly harmful to our health, particularly the health of our lungs. We breathe in polluted air.
How many times we breathe in a day?
And how much polluted air enters our lungs?
So, this time, let's talk about the effects of polluted air on our lungs.
The polluted air that we breathe in can scar our lungs. Most of the polluted air comes from the cigarette smokes or vehicle emission or even the industry waste. Polluted air is able to change the color and shapes of our lungs.
The polluted air can cause various disorders such as:
- Shortness of breath
- Pain in the chest
- Coughing phlegm
- Blood Cough
The unfortunate discovery is asbestos fibers can contaminate the clean air. Yes, it's very dangerous. Asbestos fibers are hazardous materials which can cause malignant mesothelioma and lung cancer.
There are still many people who do not care about the dangers of asbestos. It's because we still can see many asbestos roofs in numerous residential and even industrial buildings.
The most alarming situation is that there are still many raw asbestos materials in school buildings. The asbestos material in school can endanger the lives and the health of our children.
There are many ways to keep our lungs from contaminated air. One of the ways is we have to start taking care of the green environment around us. Plant a tree or flower in your backyard is one of many ways to save our environment.
Plants and trees play important roles in keeping our environment from contaminated air. It because trees and plants are able to absorb carbon dioxide and other pollutants in the air.
That's some explanation of the dangers of contaminated air to our lungs. We can start to save our environment by planting and growing trees and plants in our backyard.
Then, we can persuade and engage our neighbor and people in our surrounding environment to start growing plants or trees in their home. Let's start small and start today!