{"id":36722,"date":"2018-12-14T17:02:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T17:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=36722"},"modified":"2020-10-30T13:56:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T13:56:27","slug":"impacts-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/uncategorised\/impacts-air-pollution","title":{"rendered":"The impacts of air pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Poor air quality damages your health. How big a problem is it and how can we fix it?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36733\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36733\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Factory-main-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"Coal powerplant\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36733\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Factory-main-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"Coal powerplant\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Coal power stations are large contributors to air pollution in the UK.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Air pollution is caused by emissions from transport, power plants and factories.\u00a0Breathing in these dangerous pollutants affects your lungs and overall health.<\/p>\n<p>High levels of pollutants like small particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrous oxides (NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO) have been linked to diseases like asthma, lung cancer, and even diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>Tackling air pollution is difficult because the modern lifestyle depends so much on the ability to quickly transport goods and access to cheap electricity. Air quality is particularly poor in cities because of the high densities of cars.<\/p>\n<p>One suggested way to improve the air quality in the UK is to invest more in public transport and encourage its use. The more people that use public transport the fewer vehicles there will be on the roads, and the fewer noxious fumes will be produced.<\/p>\n<p>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36772\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Infographic-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"1038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Infographic-1.jpg 625w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Infographic-1-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Infographic-1-617x1024.jpg 617w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Infographic-1-500x830.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36772\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Infographic-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"1038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Infographic-1.jpg 625w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Infographic-1-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Infographic-1-617x1024.jpg 617w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Infographic-1-500x830.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The causes and impacts of air pollution, and how we can reduce the problem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":387,"featured_media":36732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[769],"coauthors":[619,705,723],"class_list":["post-36722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-air-pollution"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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