AIR POLLUTION

Air pollution
• Outdoor air pollution is a major environmental health problem
affecting everyone in low, middle, and high-income countries.
Main air pollutants:

•particulate matter (PM)

•ozone (O3)
•nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
•sulfur dioxide (SO2).
•Carbon monoxide
Where Does Air Pollution Come From?

Natural sources

Stationary sources

Mobile sources
Air Pollution Effects
• Ambient (outdoor) air pollution in both cities and rural areas was
estimated to cause 4.2 million premature deaths worldwide per year in
2016; this mortality is due to exposure to small particulate matter of 2.5
microns or less in diameter (PM2.5),
• cardiovascular diseases
• respiratory diseases
• cancers.
 Why PM2.5?
• PM2.5 refers to particulate
matter (ambient airborne
particles) which measure up
to 2.5 microns in size.
• Due to its small size PM2.5 is
able to penetrate deep into
the human respiratory system
and from there to the entire
body, causing a wide range of
short- and long-term health
effects.
How to improve air quality?
• The US AQI converts pollutant concentrations into a color-coded scale of 0-
500, to easily represent the level of associated health risk.
How to improve air quality?
• In Monterrey there are eleven air sampling stations, to assess their
quality

• It is noted that it is necessary to implement measures to reduce air pollution

How to improve air quality?
• The air is being polluted as a result of
the rapid urban and industrial growth in
big cities such as Monterrey.

• One way to fight the poor air quality is

to change existing legislation and
pressure companies to improve their
emissions, such as using clean
technologies or using filters in the
emission sources.
How to improve air quality?
• The air we breathe has been
contaminated because of the gas
emission of the vehicle fleet of
about two million units in Monterey

• For this reason, another way to

reduce the air pollution is to
regulate the traffic of vehicles per
day as the program “no circula" in
Mexico City or is to promote the
use of public transport
 How to improve air quality?
• To increase the use of low-
emissions fuels an
renewable combustion-free
power sources (like solar,
wind or hydropower).
• To do better strategies for was
reduction, waste separation,
recycling and reuse or waste
reprocessing. Because the
burning of garbage increases
the emission of pollutants into
the air