
Is the
air that we are breath
ing kill
ing us?
In this speech, you will learn all that you need to know
about air pollution. First, I will give you the causes of
air pollution, then I will list the effects of it, and f
inally I will tell you how we can prevent
air pollution.
The average person takes
about twenty thousand breaths a day, obviously,
air is essential to life. Well imag
ine that the
air that you are breath
ing may be kill
ing you, many diseases are aggravated by
air pollution. Scientists believe that all cities with populations exceed
ing 50,000 have some degree of
air pollution. Burn
ing garbage
in open dumps causes
air pollution, and it smells bad.
Air pollution comes from many different sources. One of the major sources is carbon monoxide, which manly comes from automobiles, but also burn
ing of fossil fuels, CFCs etc.
Air pollution does not leave the Earth it all gets trapped up
in the atmosphere. This does not bother most people, and they th
ink that it will not harm them. People burn down forests and people burn fossil fuels