The Harmful Effects of Acid Rain in our Environment
Harmful Effects of Acid Rain in our Environment
Acid rain is a common term for pollution. It is created when sulfur dioxide in smoke from coal—and oil-burning factories and nitrogen oxide from automobile emission mix with water vapor in the air. This chemical response produces sleet, rain, or hail consisting of sulfuric and nitric acids. Such pollutants may be suspended in a fog, or the pollutants may be in a dry form. Sometimes it is as acidic as vinegar in densely settled industrial regions.
Acid precipitation corrupts plant and animal life, damages crops, and endangers marine life. In the next 20 years, tree harvests are expected to drop 15 percent. It contaminates drinking water and endangers human health. Data supports the idea that acid rain is responsible for asthma, bronchitis, and other lung diseases in children.
Scientists agree that acid rain is harmful and urges that measures be taken to control acid rain. However, the cost to control acid rain is costly. Regulation costs are considerable, and who should pay for them continues to spur controversy.
Acid rain is a common term for pollution. It is created when sulfur dioxide in smoke from coal—and oil-burning factories and nitrogen oxide from automobile emission mix with water vapor in the air. This chemical response produces sleet, rain, or hail consisting of sulfuric and nitric acids. Such pollutants may be suspended in a fog, or the pollutants may be in a dry form. Sometimes it is as acidic as vinegar in densely settled industrial regions.