Air, Noise and Light Pollution

Solutions include shielding, time controls, and low-pressure sodium sources

• Light pollution
• Noise pollution
• Indoor air pollution
• Sick building syndrome

Which of the following is true about sulfur dioxide?

• Can create smog
• Can create sulfuric acid, especially in the presence of particulates
• Released through the combustion of sulfur containing fossil fuels
• All of the answers are true about sulfur dioxide

Causes stress, high blood pressure, hearing loss

• Light pollution
• Noise pollution
• Indoor air pollution
• Sick building syndrome

Can occur in tightly sealed buildings

• Light pollution
• Noise pollution
• Sick building syndrome
• Long-term effects of air pollution

Sources include plastics, carpets, cleaning fluids, radon, and asbestos

• Light pollution
• Noise pollution
• Indoor air pollution
• Sick building syndrome

Headache, eye irritation, coughing, bronchitis

• Short-term effects of air pollution
• Long-term effects of air pollution
• Light pollution
• Noise pollution

Emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease

• Short-term effects of air pollution
• Long-term effects of air pollution
• Noise pollution
• Light pollution

Which is a natural indoor air pollutant? 

• Carbon monoxide
• Formaldehyde
• Nitrogen oxides 
• Radon

Which is not part of correcting sick-building syndrome? 

• Removing sources of indoor air pollution
• Sealing cracks where air leaks into the building
• Improving ventilation
• Cleaning air ducts

Which is true of air pollution and human health? 

• Years of research link air pollution to lung diseases.
• Air pollution is commonly listed as a cause of death.
• None of the health effects of air pollution are reversible.
• Healthy adults are most affected by air pollution.