1. Acid Rain
These oxides travel through the air and mix with other chemicals, and water vapor. ... The acids and oxides stay in the air until clouds or fog is produced. ... In the United States power plants are responsible for 70% of the sulfur dioxide pollution (Encarta). ... If there is acidity in the air, most of these do not neutralize as well as they could if there were no pollutants. ... The chemicals from acid rain can also mix with other chemicals in the air to form urban smog (Blair 145). ...
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