Air pollution is the contamination of air by the release of harmful substances. It causes many health problems and can also damage the environment and material goods. Global modernization and progress has caused our air to become more polluted. This paper will give details on the impact air pollution has on the respiratory system in humans. A few of the many industries that emit a great deal of pollutants in our ground level ozone include transportation, power plants, and chemical plants. This paper will be illustrating how industries like these have an effect on the functioning of the lungs by creating health conditions such as asthma and bronchitis. .
It will also be comparing measures created by both the United States and Mexico in attempts to reduce air pollution in their countries. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of airways of the lungs. It is distinguish through heightened sensitivity of the airways by various triggers. It is commonly a periodic disease, i.e., acute attacks followed by symptom free periods. Though most attacks are generally short, sometimes-serious conditions take place where Asthma is continuous for many hours or even days making it sever. Exposure to air pollution affects humans with asthma. Evidence of harmful effects of current air pollution on human respiratory and health has increased throughout the years. Even though there have been improvements in the air quality of many regions of the word, pollutants from traffic transportation and fossil fuel combustion continues to remain as a particular concern. (Rage et al. 2009). People with asthma are predominantly sensitive to the oxides of nitrogen that are produced by vehicles. It affects predominantly non-white populations living in urban populations such as Los Angeles, New York, Mexico city and Indonesia, Where traffic is significantly higher than normal. .
According to the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Studies showed those children who lived in neighborhoods with more street trees in their area have shown low prevalence of asthma (Lovasi et al.