Air Pollution and Pollution Control

Topics

• Air pollution

  • Causes of air pollution and disrupted cycles
  • Greenhouse effect, fossil fuels and global warming
  • Pollution control boards and correction at source
  • Catalytic converters, precipitators and scrubbers
  • Indoor pollution
  • Green incentives and the politics of global warming

Learning objectives

1. Explain how a pollution-control device reduces an emission.