Why are health care providers concerned over such social issues as mass transit, clean power, and the farming industry?
a. Because air pollutants are contributors to asthma and other health problems.
b. Clean power would reduce the pollution that results from burning of high-sulfur coal.
c. Manure runoff from industrial farming is polluting water and killing fish throughout the United States.
d. Mass transit would remove the problem of so many Americans being killed or injured by drunken or impaired drivers.
ANS: A
All three (mass transit, clean power, and industry) emit air pollutants, which result in smog, the most common outdoor air pollutant in the United States. Atmospheric pollutants cause or contribute to asthma, allergic reactions, bronchitis, lung cancer, chronic respiratory disease, and death. They also harm animals and plants. The most inclusive answer refers to air pollutants, although certainly, the others are true in society today.
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