Consequences of air pollution

Air  pollution is induced by the presence in the atmosphere of toxic substances, mainly produced by human activity in recent years. These gases and chemicals generate a number of phenomena and consequences for the ecosystems and the living beings that populate our planet.

Air pollution affects everyone and all sectors : animals, cultures, cities, forests, aquatic ecosystems… In recent years, we nevertheless interested in two areas in particular, who suffer many adverse consequences of air pollution : the environment and human health

Consequences

• Air pollution has a major impact on theprocess of plant evolution by preventing photosynthesis in many cases, with serious consequences on the purification of the air we breathe.                                             
• Air pollution contributes to the formation of acid rain, atmospheric precipitation in the form of rain, frost, snow or fog, which are released during combustion of fossil fuels and transformed by contact with water vapor in the atmosphere. Acid rain affects the amount of chemicals in soils and freshwater, affecting food chains.