EESA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Indoor Air Quality, Sulfur Oxide, Passive Smoking
18 Feb 2017
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Extreme smog from the burning of coal took over london. The burning of coal resulted in sulfur dioxide to pollute the air. Caused by sulfur dioxide inhalation, mixing with saliva r/i burning in throat. A peak in death was seen in correlation to peaks in smoke and sulfur dioxide levels. Eventually, the wind came and blew all the stagnant air away - things went back to normal. Gov"t worked on making a plan and world leaders followed. Efforts made things better - animals that died during the london smog came back after the effort. A normal practice there is to slash and burn in accordance to the timing of rain and monsoons. Cut trees down and burn them, the rain and monsoon will put it out. In 1997, they timed it wrong and the forest burned for a long time r/i a lot of pollution being emitted from the fire. Health effects - effects depends on the dose or concentration.
