Explain why indoor air pollution is considered the most serious air pollution problem by some experts. In your answer, utilize recent facts about indoor air pollution that stem from EPA studies
What will be an ideal response?
1. Levels of 11 common pollutants are generally two to five times higher inside U.S. homes and commercial buildings than they are outdoors, and in some cases they are up to 100 times higher.
2. Pollution levels inside cars that are stalled in traffic are up to 18 times higher than levels outside.
3. The health risks from exposure to such chemicals are magnified because most people in developed urban areas spend 70–98% of their time indoors or inside vehicles.
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? Which city would you choose and why? What natural hazards will you need to be mindful of? How will you make an intelligent choice of how and where to live based on the positive qualities of the area and the possibility that you may encounter a natural disaster? What will be an ideal response?
In which year were the penicillins first discovered by Alexander Fleming?
A) 1900 B) 1914 C) 1928 D) 1943
By 1950, the population of Latin America and the Caribbean had reached about ________ million
A) 25 B) 75 C) 160 D) 525
What caused the dramatic decline in Guam's native bird species?
A) climatic change in the region B) the elimination of its food supply by humans C) the thinning of their eggshells and the subsequent death of their young as a result of heavy DDT use on the island in the 1970s D) radiation poisoning caused by nuclear tests of the United States and France E) the accidental introduction of the non-native brown tree snake