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CENE 150

HW- 10 Air Pollution

Assigned on: Apr 8. 2015 Due: Apr 15, 2015

I. Read the articles in the following order of publish date starting with the

earliest.

1. USC Study Links Smoggy Air to lung Damage in Children, Sep 17 2004 2. USC study Examines near-roadway air pollution as contributor to

asthma September 25, 2012 3. Take a deep breath – you may not like what’s up in the air July 15,

2014 4. LA’s Environmental Success Story: Cleaner Air, Healthier Kids Mar 4

2015

II. List three important findings/ideas presented specifically in each article you read. Explain why you choose those ideas/findings as important.

III. Answer the following questions according to your understanding of the problem:

1) Is asthma a serious air pollution related health problem facing the U.S. and the world? Why or why not?

2) What possible air pollution related factors influence asthma or lung malfunctioning according to the research? What are the sources of these factors according to the reading?

3) What has been done to reduce those factors mentioned in “2” already? 4) Picture yourself as the environmental engineer working for the EPA,

charged with the responsibility of assessing the trend between adverse

health effects, environmental regulations and the current air pollution

conditions. In the light of your findings from these papers (presented in

section II), what would you conclude about this issue? Do you believe that

the current conditions a good indicator that we are solving the problem?