Environment

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