I found chapter 14 interesting because of how much I learned about pollution. “Pollutant is a substance that contaminates some aspect of the environment and causes potential harm to living organisms”. A lot of the pollutants we have are human created from smoking, cars, planes, etc. The air quality chart was interesting and we can relate the change in air quality from humans with corona virus. A lot of countries who would have been rated with hazardous air qualities now have good air quality due to less people traveling.
“Climate changes relate to a shift in typical weather patterns across the world”. Climate change and global warming is something that we all often joke about especially in new England when we have a 75 degree day and the next is 25 degrees and snowing. We often just say that its typical but its not. I found the scientific evidence interesting because a lot of people dont think that climate change is real. I was so shocked that 2016 was the warmest year since we started keeping records in 1880. While it was nice, its sad that our world is changing as we know it.
While this chapter doesn’t really relate to my health aspect, it does relate to all of us in some way. We need to take the steps that we can to keep our air clean. I think that something we could all do is taking the opportunity to walk or ride a bike places instead of driving. I think that reusing items and thrifting clothes are also things I will start doing!
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