Air Pollution in Zimbabwe

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Air pollution is process whereby the toxic gases such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and other gases mixes with the fresh oxygen that people use in the process of respiration.Many people are ignorant about air pollution  and its hazards.Admin (2011)  explains that air pollution is the introduction of chemical, particular matters or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to human beings or the environment.


A combination of  vehicle emission, dust, smoke from domestic fires is a potential treat to the air that we breathe.FAO (2000) reveals that Zimbabwe is the second most industrialised country in SADC after South Africa. FAO also revealed that the air pollution in Zimbabwe is 37.5% and there is no systematic monitoring of air quality.The systematic monitoring program of air quality in Zimbabwe is necessary because  people need to know about their environment and how they can prevent environmental diseases.

Air pollution causes many diseases within human bodies in which many people in Zimbabwe are ignorant about.Indoor air pollution plays a critical role in building diseases in our bodies.Asthma is a disease caused by air pollution.Hughes(2010) explains that asthma is a chronic, occasionally debilitating inflammatory disease of the airways that may be caused by air pollution from cars, factories  and domestic fires.Lung cancer can affect anyone is the air is polluted

Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is a disease caused by air pollution.Hughes(2010) explains that lung cancer is characterised by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cell in one or both lungs.Over a period the abnormal cell can develop into a tumor which can cause the lung not to function properly when supplying blood with oxygen

 Diagram showing lung cancer

 

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 Lung  affected by cancer

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Bibiography

http://www.livestrong.com/article/176670-diseases-caused-by-air-pollution/#ixzz1s0asm8Yo

Environment Hazards

Many life has perished because of environmental hazards. Environmental hazards comes in two categories some are man made such as global worming while some are natural disasters such as earhquarks and floods.Earhquarks, floods , hurricans and heat weave are natural environmental hazards that have claimed many people's lifes.

Earthquaks

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An earthquak is a sudden treme or movement of the earth's crust which originate naturally at or below the surface.Spilsbury (2010:32) explains that earthquake is caused by explosive volcanic eruption.Earthquak usually occurs in places that are volcanic.Therefore people should locate far away from volcanic places because floods may occur and people can perish.

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Earthquake is also caused by tectanic activities associated with plates margina and faults.Spilsbury(2010:32) outline that the cracks or sudden slips of the land are known as faults or fault planes. The point of origin of the earthquake is inside the earth and is known as the hypocenter. Maximum destruction is caused at the epicenter, the surface above the hypocenter.

Floods



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Floods has claimed many life and has left people's lives homeless.Floods can  drain a country's economy in terms of rebuilding the destroyed buildings.Heavy rains , thunderstorms and earthquak causes floods.Spilsbury(2010:56) postulated that heavy rainfalls are one of the major causes of floods. The level of water in rivers or lakes rises due to heavy rainfalls. When the level of water rises above the rive banks or dams, the water starts overflowing, which causes floods. The water overflows to the areas adjoining to the rivers, lakes or dams, causing floods or delugeld

People should avoid building their homes near oceans, rivers and dams

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People should  avoid  settling near oceans and dams since floods can occur and cause disaster in their lives.Many people love to locate themselves near oceans, dams and rivers hence floods can occur anywhere regardles of place.

Dumped Refusal harmful to human life and to the environment

                                                                          Dumped refusals what do the city council say

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A clean environment is necessary for human beings. Many cities around Zimbabwe now ignore gabbages  in their city centres. It has become a normal situation to the people to stay in dirty environment. Citizens pay city council bills and in those bills it includes sewage fee and gabbage collection fee.Where is the money going because the cities are infested with dirty gabbages. The worst part is that in the most dirty areas it is where people sell food to the public.One can take a closer look at dumped gabbages at Egodini in Bulawayo, vendors sell fruits to people while food shops do the same.

Piles of refusal  near a house in Mbare and People sell food at Mbare Musika yet the environment is dirty

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Citizens are quiet about such things that affect their health.It is not only in Bulawayo but around Zimbabwe.Mabre Musika is also known as a selling point and the places is surrounded by dumped rubbish.The environment is dirty and food is sold in such environments.People do not complain to the city council but they pay city council bills every month.

  

Flies  are dangerous to human life, they can cause many diseases

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If refusal is not being collected it can cause many 

diseases.In Harare there was an out break of Cholera which claimed many people's life.Flies now seem to be common to people's life but they are the dangerous organism that can manufacture diseases.The flies visits the dumped refusal and then vomit on the apples and other fruits that are being sold by the vendors .After somewhile one starts suffering from Colera

 

There are other diseases caused by Flies besides Chorela 

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