Air Pollution
Transcript: ARB's Community Health Program believe Law and public health The Different of polluting sources 1) Absorb CO2 and other dangerous gases 2) Trap and hold particle pollutants (dust, ash, pollen and smoke) 3) In a year a tree can absorb equal the amount of CO2 that you produce when you drive your car 26,000 miles. 4) The carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is food for trees 5) Produce enough oxygen on each acre for 18 people every day 6) replenish the atmosphere with oxygen Diesel trucks Conserve energy - turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room, Recycle paper, plastic, glass bottles, cardboard, and aluminum cans. In schools student in Oakland have a high rate of asthma What is Oakland doing to help reduce Air Pollution? How many ways can we help reduce air pollution in Oakland? How can trees help reduce air pollution In Oakland? Article Ditching Diesel by Meena Palaniappan. Stop illegal trucks How are young people helping find solutions to air pollution? Train Omar Bernal "Before I moved here to East Oakland, I did not have asthma. This month I was diagnosed with asthma," says Nehanda Imara.” why is Students at Mandela join a after program Air Resources Board (ARB) adopted goals to reduce Air Pollution from the transportation of goods. Ships what is air pollution? "West Oakland EIP Committee believes that residents should be involved in deciding how trucks travel through their neighborhood" What causes air pollution in Oakland? community organizations through the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WO EIP). How can Oakland reduce air pollution? When people decide to help reduce air pollution it makes the air cleaner for them to live in the areas with high levels of air pollution. In the article of Reducing Diesel Pollution in West Oakland states that “From our truck counts study and interviews with community members, we found that many trucks travel on West Oakland streets illegally. These trucks release diesel exhaust right near homes and create safety problems for families and children.” This article is saying that the west Oakland community has many trucks traveling streets illegally, and if they remove the trucks traveling street illegal, air pollution can be reduced a lot in the west part of Oakland. This is important because by taking those truck out of the west part of Oakland it will reduce harm and people will get healthier. The same article also state that “The West Oakland EIP Committee believes that residents should be involved in deciding how trucks travel through their neighborhood on their way to and from the Port of Oakland and other businesses. ” What this is saying is that the residents of west Oakland need to stop trucks from passing throughout those areas that are being polluted. This is important because it would help the environment, and the people to be healthier. In conclusion one way to reduce air pollution is to prevent trucks from traveling at the Oakland street illegally and also changing the route for the trucks can help prevent air pollution from growing. How can trees help reduce air pollution In Oakland? When people decide to plant trees they are going to reduce Air pollution by a bigger percent. The article of Trees Reduce Air Pollution it states the “Trees help to settle out, trap and hold particle pollutants (dust, ash, pollen and smoke) that can damage human lungs, Absorb CO2 and other dangerous gases and, in turn, replenish the atmosphere with oxygen, Produce enough oxygen on each acre for 18 people every day, Absorb enough CO2 on each acre, over a year's time, to equal the amount you produce when you drive your car 26,000 miles. Trees remove gaseous pollutants by absorbing them through the pores in the leaf surface. Particulates are trapped and filtered by leaves, stems and twigs, and washed to the ground by rainfall.” What this quote is saying that trees help reduce air pollution because they absorb CO2, other dangerous pollutants and also produce Oxygen. This is important because we need more trees because that would help Oakland’s need to become a non-polluted community, also more trees help clean the air and by cleaning the air people get healthier. The article also states that “Trees and other plants make their own food from carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, water, sunlight and a small amount of soil elements. In the process, they release oxygen (O2) for us to breathe.” This quote is saying that trees make their food from CO2 in the atmosphere, basically trees eat the pollution. This is important because trees help clean the environment and this is why we need more trees in Oakland. In conclusion, my research suggest that more trees can help prevent and reduce air pollution in Oakland. If i was a Oakland city council member I would recommend to increase the numbers of parks so we can plant more trees. How many ways can we help reduce air pollution in Oakland? The article of Ways to Reduce Air Pollution states that to “Conserve energy
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