What is the most hazardous emission?
What is the most hazardous emission? Most dangerous air pollutant – particulate matter It can have a natural origin – for example, wildfires or volcanic eruptions. However, the majority of particulate matter emissions come from burning processes and have an anthropogenic background.
What is the greatest indoor air problem globally?
The burning of solid fuels fills the houses and huts in poorer countries with smoke that kills the world's poor by causing pneumonia, stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lung cancer.
What are the 5 major air pollutants?
The common air pollutants are:
- Particulate matter (PM10 and PM2. ...
- Ozone (O3)
- Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
- Carbon monoxide (CO)
- Sulphur dioxide (SO2)
Who pollutes the worst?
Top 10 polluters
- China, with more than 10,065 million tons of CO2 released.
- United States, with 5,416 million tons of CO2.
- India, with 2,654 million tons of CO2.
- Russia, with 1,711 million tons of CO2.
- Japan, 1,162 million tons of CO2.
- Germany, 759 million tons of CO2.
- Iran, 720 million tons of CO2.