The task of maintaining ecologic balances to preserve safe air to breathe, water to drink, and food to eat is complicated. What are the highest adverse effects on human health of air pollution?
1 . Asthma
2 . Loss of hearing
3 . Risk of cancer
4 . Bronchitis
A) 1, 2
B) 1, 4
C) 2, 3
D) 3, 4
B
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The adverse effects on human health of air pollution are asthma and bronchitis. The adverse effects of water pollution are typhoid fever, dysentery, and infectious hepatitis. The adverse effect on human health of land pollution is risk of cancer and the adverse affects of noise pollution are stress and loss of hearing.
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