Air and Water Pollution - Pollutants from nature
Pollutants from nature
Air inside homes can also become polluted. Trapped in an enclosed area, indoor pollution can cause people serious health problems because of the large amount of time people spend indoors. Cigarette smoke, cooking and heating appliances, paints, and some cleaning products are all possible sources of indoor pollution. RadonA radioactive gas located in the ground; invisible and odorless, radon is a health hazard when it accumulates to high levels inside homes and other structures where it is breathed., an odorless natural gas released from the ground, is another possible pollutant. Radon can enter buildings through cracks and can seep into basements of homes. Lung cancer is one health effect of radon.
Radon is an example of a natural pollutant. Other types of naturally occurring pollutants include erupting volcanoes, which produce large...
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