Social effects of pollution in the USA
Introduction
Despite the measure that the United States has put in place over the recent years to clean up the environment, exposure to environmental pollution remains to be a significant risk in social and health sector throughout the world, and the chances are more severe in developing countries. Unite State as a developed country still faces the risk of environmental pollution in the health and social sectors. The cause of facing this environment pollution problem is lack of proper implementation and investment of environmental legislation and modern technology (Tiwari, Ozturk, & Aruna, 2013).
Effects of pollution to health and social sectors
In the United States, environmental pollution has a complex outcome in health and social sectors. In the health sector, environmental pollution has a direct impact. For instance, air pollution is a significant environmental pollution experienced by the United States today. The pumping of dirty emissions by our engines and industries (manufacturing and production factories) stand a substantial percentage of pollutants in the USA. The air that the public of united stated is breathing is becoming more dangerous and much hazardous to their health.
The recent research has shown that a third of the deaths are from air pollutants caused by lugs cancer, stroke and heart diseases according to Jebli and Hadhri, (2018). The deaths are becoming equivalent to that caused by smoking tobacco ad much higher than those caused by lifestyle diseases. The air pollution is very much hard to escape no matter the part of the country you come from, rich or poor, the exposure is inevitable. The air pollutant elements are all around everyone in the United States. These micro scoping air pollutants elements slip past our defense and penetrate very deep into people respiratory system and circulatory system and damage the lungs, heart, and brain of citizen of the United States.
Climate change in the United States has changed immensely. Drivers of climate change as researchers have studied are connected much with fossil fuel combustion which is a significant contributor to air pollution. The united state recently ordered the burn on the coal-fired electricity to end by 2050 through UN Intergovernmental Panel on climate change. Global warming has risen to 1.5C over the past 20 years as a result of air pollution through fossil fuel combustion, and coal-fired electricity.
Effects of pollution to gender, race and class
Air pollution has no barriers or boundaries to the race, gender or class of American people. No matter the level than one belongs is prone to the exposure of air pollution. The air we breathe is all the same and very hard to detect the polluted. The air pollutants are microscopic to be visible to naked eye and penetrate deep into our respiratory system and circulatory system. Whether black or white, no matter the skin color, air pollution stand equal risks to all. The real climate changes are felt by the social sectors such as hospitals and public facilities such as schools. The lack of visible smog is not an indicator that the air we breathe is healthy.
However, water pollution is much controllable as wealthy Americans leave in serene areas that are well maintained unlike the poor American live in areas that the sewer lines are not well implemented. The sewer lines are prone to leakages and breakages spilling waste into soil and environment. The poor classes of America are much exposed to health diseases as a result of spillage by sewer lines around their residential areas. Conditions such as diarrhea are much severe in areas of poor American as compared to those areas the rich Americans lives.
Solution to environmental health and social pollution
Numerous solutions are offered by sociologist addressing environmental pollution in the United States. Manufacturing and processing plants are the major contributors to air pollution that has several health problems in the United States. Air pollution is considered as the current course in the increased health hazard such as stroke, lung cancer, and heart diseases. The plants are required to process air ventilation, product recovery, fume exhaust capture and mitigation of emission.
The implementation of modern technology is required in designing the preferable integrated and customized systems rather than buying and implementing pieces made for a different manufacturer. The implementation of integrated air processing solution involves a combination of safe, clean and efficient technologies which are not general but custom designed for maximum performance. Below is a component of CECO’s integrated air processing solution;
- Mechanical ventilation systems – customized fabrications, exhaust fans, electrical ventilation room equipment and industrial ductwork systems.
- Oxidizers – a technology to control air pollution by decomposing the hazardous air pollutants before releasing them to the atmosphere.
- Exhaust Systems and Fume-Capture – through, smoke collection systems, filtration of fugitive emissions and units of handling air.
- Mist eliminators
- Cool cooling and metal drying and stripping
- Dust collectors – designed for handling large volumes of dust loads and enhance quality air released through dust filters, dust blowers ad filter cleaning systems.
- Duct Modular and Versatile
References
Jebli, B.M.; Hadhri, W. (2018) The dynamic causal links between CO2 emissions from transport, real GDP, energy use and international tourism. Int. J. Sustain. Dev. World Ecol, 25, 568–577. [CrossRef]
The true climate changes are felt by the social sectors such as hospitals and public facilities such as schools. The lack of visible smog is not an indicator that the air we breathe is healthy. file:///C:/Users/PECHOO/Downloads/CECO%20Q1%202017%2010Q_05102017.pdf
Tiwari, A.K.; Ozturk, I.; Aruna, M. Tourism, (2013). Energy Consumption and Climate Change in OECD Countries. Int. J. Energy Econ. Policy, 3, 247–261.
United Nations General Assembly (10 July 2018). Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Available online: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld.