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Environment is the gift of nature given by God, which includes everything that is
natural; not artificial. The environment is exploited by human beings for their own
benefits and it is increasing day by day. As a result of increasing interference of human
activities, environment has started reacting back through number of natural calamities.
Air pollution presents big environmental threat in many parts of the world. Air pollution
includes variety of different harmful chemicals and gases released from our vehicles
and our industrial facilities that make our air dirty. Vehicles are the biggest source of air
pollution, and in some Asian states like India and China life in some cities is almost
unbearable because of tremendous air pollution resulting from cars.

Air pollution has extremely negative effect on our environment, and the most
obvious negative effect is the negative effect it has on our health. According to World
Health Organization 2.4 million people die each year from causes directly attributable to
air pollution, mostly from different respiratory diseases, but it can also lead to heart
problems (heart strokes).

Air pollution also has negative impact on climate change, harmful emissions are
not only polluting air we breathe but are also giving greenhouse effect much more
impact, therefore increasing average temperature on our planet. More vehicles and
more industries that are the main source of air pollution on this planet also mean more
impact to global warming problem.

Negative environmental effect on climate change is not everything air pollution is

capable to do, it also has negative impact on ozone layer, especially some damaging
chemicals that shrink our ozone layer, making it thinner, therefore opening the door for
harmful ultraviolet rays, and increased risk of developing skin cancer.

Acid rains are yet another negative example that air pollution has on our
environment. Acid rains destroy habitats of many animals, pollute water by affecting
their acidity, and in general do great damage to many ecosystems.
 Now that we know these negative effects of air pollution the question is what we
can do to reduce it, and make our planet healthier place to be, and our air clean to
breathe. First of all we should start using much less our cars than we used them now, or
if we are really dependable upon them we should buy hybrid cars that release
significantly less polluting particles compared to traditional cars. Second we should
make our industries greener in this case means using renewable energy sources like
wind, solar and geothermal energy instead of highly polluting fossil fuels like coal and
oil.

If we continue this current trend the number of harmful emissions from vehicles
and industry will only increase in years to come, and air pollution problem will continue
to grow. We can only hope that world will soon see that current environmental state of
air plane is more than worrying and that we must do something to prevent seeing the
worse of it. Fighting air pollution is definitely one of the best ways to help our
environment.