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1 Acid Rain and Air Pollution

2 Air pollution  The addition of harmful chemicals to the atmosphere. The most serious air pollution results from the burning of fossil fuels, especially in internal-combustion engines. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/air+pollution?s=t&path=/ http://www.deepgreenresistance.org/fieldguide/air-pollution/

3 Air Pollution in the UK  Recognized problem as far back as the 13th century with the use of coal (London)  Smog pollution during Industrial Revolution became a significant problem  Today, both urban and rural smog pollution results from the build up of secondary photochemical pollutants  Air quality has improved during the last 100 years  Legislative controls and the introduction of further low emission technology will help to reduce air pollution in the UK in the future.

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5 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/25/london-air-pollution-europe

6 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/22/air-pollution-deaths

7 http://www.smokersinfo.net/air-pollution-in-the-uk-killing-50000-people-a-year-warn-mps/

8 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/26/pollution.boris/print

9 Hudson-Smith, A. (2006). London air pollution in 3d [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-pWWj6szNs&feature=youtu.be

10 Source: Baldwin, M. (Photographer). Asthma Cartoon 3 [Web Drawing]. Retrieved from http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/a/asthma.asp

11 Acid Rain  Rain containing high amounts of chemical pollutants. http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=1280&bih=598&tbm=isch&tbnid=h8h_SuHqettisM:&imgrefurl=http://science.howstuffworks.com/acid-rain.htm&docid=JGj1Z9tiAugJhM&imgurl=http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/acid-rain- 1a.jpg&w=400&h=518&ei=72xHUZqyCY6brQHoxoGwDw&zoom=1&sa=X&ved=0CGgQrQMwCA&iact=hc&vpx=364&vpy=224&dur=78&hovh=256&hovw=197&tx=126&ty=156&page=1&tbnh=144&tbnw=109&start=0&ndsp=20

12 Acid Rain in Europe http://www.edouardstenger.com/2008/11/07/eastern-european-countries-are-plagued-by-coal/

13 This is an area of the Black Forest in Germany where there was significant tree-die-off from acid rain. http://www.h2bidblog.com/2008/09/21/new-solutions-for-acid-rain/

14 Branches from a tree in Germany's Black Forest show needle loss and yellowed boughs caused by acid rain. http://www.h2bidblog.com/2008/09/21/new-solutions-for-acid-rain/

15 Bavaria, Germany, high-altitude forest damaged by acid rain. Photo by Spitzbergler. http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/environment-book/acidrain.html


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