Air pollution in Phoenix
Who pay for the air pollution in Phoenix? The people who live in Phoenix are the first ones who are going to pay for their health, because of the air pollution, which is caused by many things. This is a big problem, because how can the people live without clean air? Air pollution is made by people who live in Phoenix. The air pollution means the pollution coming from the vehicles, factories and people’s activities. The problem is that pollution causes damage to human health, damage to property and damage to wildlife. According to The Arizona Republic (2006b para.1), “those elevated levels can cause significant health problems for children, senior citizens and anyone with respiratory issues. Air pollution is created by our activities or by the effect of nature”. Also, this pollution is going to move from one place to another place. Humans still today are hurting nature by their actions. An example of damage which is caused by air pollution is diseases such as lung diseases. There is a federal standard for the air pollution in the cities in the USA. Moreover, air pollution is one of the biggest issues of different kinds of pollution. The federal government is trying to solve this problem, but they ask Phoenix to make a good plan for that. In addition, Phoenix exceeded the limit of air pollution for many years. On the other hand, there are groups of people who said Phoenix air is bad. However, they are wrong.
The air pollution is anything added to the air from our activities and that hurts nature. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (2007 para.2), "Air pollution is a mixture of solid particles and gases in the air. Car emissions, chemicals from factories, dust, pollen and mold spores may be suspended as particles. Ozone, a gas, is a major part of air pollution in cities. When ozone forms air pollution, it's also called smog". The air pollution was discovered in the 1900s. According to High School and Middle School Air Quality Education Program, (n.d pra 3), " 1940s Los Angeles, California becomes one of the first cities in the U.S. to experience severe air pollution problems then called “gas attacks.” L.A.’s location in a basin like area ringed by mountains makes it susceptible to accumulation of auto exhaust and emissions from local petroleum refineries"
We should control a lot of causes of pollution, such as allowing the people to do what they want without control, which leads to more air pollution, allowing the population to grow without control, which affects air pollution, and hard control of the farmers which will decrease the air pollution. The government of Phoenix should control the limit of air pollution in many ways.
The government's allowing the people to do what they want without control leads to more air pollution. If the government doesn't make any penalty for the people or the companies who make air pollution, they won't stop. The people harm the air by their activities. The people who live in Phoenix are victims of air pollution. To decrease the air pollution we have to dispense a lot of our needs; for example, using new technology which leads to air pollution, using a motorbike and using air conditioning. In fact, too hard to solve this problem, because all the things which cause air pollution are things we depend on for life. On the other hand, we should change our attitude and face this problem seriously. In fact, the lives of people who are living in Phoenix depend on a lot of things which cause air pollution; for example, using cars that cause air pollution. It leads to pollution in many ways; for example, the smoke that comes out from the car. Also, when they use the air conditioning in their cars, that means burning more gas, which means raising the air pollution. In addition, there is air pollution that comes from using the tires. In fact, it is hard to solve the air pollution problem but they can in many ways. The first thing they should decrease their use of cars; for example, they can go about their needs by bicycle, which will reduce the air pollution. They can stop our cars and go to their university by walking, which mean less use of cars. Also, they can use the bus, which means stopping more than thirty cars. Moreover, if they have to use their cars they can use it without air conditioning, which will decrease the car problem. Finally, the people in Phoenix can decrease the air pollution but they have to be strong to dispense of a lot of things. Also, the people in Phoenix should control a lot of causes of pollution, such as using CFCs. Using CFCs affects negatively the air. The people use a lot of things which are using CFCs, which affect to the air; for example, air conditioning and refrigeration. Everybody knows that we can not dispense with the air conditioner or refrigerator. Also, we can not solve this problem if we want to live in this prosperity. Our lives depend on that; because of that we should look for alternatives. We have more than choices to deal with this problem, and then we can live in clean air. We can decrease the use of air conditioning in our cars by opening the windows. Also, we should lead the industrial company to find another alternative for CFCs without harming nature. That requires one hand from everybody who lives in this city to stop using anything that uses CFCs; this boycott will make the companies look for alternatives to replace CFCs with.
Second, is that allowing the population to grow up without control affects air pollution. We know that if the population grows that means raising the air pollution. The increasing of population without any control means humans need more energy, which will cause air pollution. Also, if the population grows, that means the people will need more cars, and that absolutely affects the air. The rapid growth of population will lead to many bad things for the air; for example, if the population grows that will lead to the economy to growing, that will require development; all that will effect badly the air in Phoenix. For example, when the government lets the population grows, that makes the people think about more development, which requires more factories, and with the factories the air pollution will increase. Also, the factories cause a lot of air pollution; because of that we have to stop it in many ways. The government should face this problem and solve it. Also, the government should force the factories to move outside the city; that will keep the health of people better. The government should stop any factory that harms nature. We know that if the government doesn't have any penalty for the owners of factories that harm the air, the owners of factories will care about their income.
The third issue of the air pollution is the burning farms. We should decrease the burning of crop residues which makes the air pollution increase. The government should make a penalty to the farmers who burn the plant residue. The environmental people should create programs which would help the farmer to reuse the crop residues; for example, they could help the farmers to process the remnants of agriculture to use it as a fertilizer. The farmers can use the crop residues as a food for the animal. Crop burning means lost money and hurts the environment; because of that the government and the university should teach the farmer how they can use it the right way. In addition, planting trees and greenbelts around cities and cultivated areas is also an important part of solving the problem. When the government starts to make Phoenix a green land, that is going to change the city from an unhealthy to a healthy place. Also, the trees will filter the air, with the main goal of making cleaner air for people. In addition, the greenbelt will protect the area from any storm that will affect the air of the city.
On the other hand, there is a group of people who said Phoenix is a healthy city; and it is without any air pollution. According to Judy Hedding (n.d para.1), "The Greater Phoenix area, as well as Tucson, both fared rather well compared to other major metropolitan areas. Arizona cities did not make the list of the 50 worst cities out of the 100 cities that were analyzed. Here are some of the statistics provided by the report". However, the people of Phoenix and the government should take action to change the air from unhealthy air to clean air; that will help them live in healthy cities and help their parents to survive in this city.
Reference:
Environmental Protection Agency. (2007, June 07). Retrieved June 18, 2007 from nlm.nih.gov.
Hedding, J. (n.d). Phoenix air is not so bad. Retrieved June 10, 2007 from http://phoenix.about.com
High School and Middle School Air Quality Education Program. (n.d). Retrieved June 17, 2007 from http://dnrec.state.de.us.
