Question

list the five pollutants affecting the environment and human health. Also list the source of each of these pollutants, and identify the possible effects of each one as well.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Lead oxide and carbon monoxide - From burning fuels in vehicles. It causes suffocation issues on haemoglobin.
Mercurium oxide - Gas wastes from factories and industries. Can cause brain problems and failures.
Sulphur oxides - Derive from eruptions of volcanoes. Once in contact with water or precipitation they form acidic rain, which cause cancerous effects on both animals and plants, including humans.
Hydrogen Chloride - From burning of plastics. Apart from forming acidic rain, they for chlorine radicals, which destroy the ozone layer, allowing Ultraviolet rays to reach earth surface. These have corrosive effects on organisms.

Answer 3

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