Effects of Air Pollution on Human Exercise Performance
Abstract
These cities, with their attendant industry, automotive traffic and higher population densities, are large scale pollution sources. It is evident that living in a city can routinely bring us into contact with considerable amounts of air pollution. Air pollution is not strictly an urban problem. The smog generated by agricultural burning and mining operations can generate staggering amounts of pollution. Natural disasters such as forest fires, dust storms and volcanic eruption often result in large amounts of airborne contaminants. In recent history there has been a succession of air pollution catastrophies. At London, coal and coke burning provided the energy for industry and home heating. England's consumption of these fuels resulted in 4.7 million tons of the pollutant sulfur dioxide being discharged into the air over southern England each year (18). In the first week of December, 1952, the weather conditions in London left a thick fog trapped beneath a thermal inversion layer. The air was stagnant and the smoke soot and sulfur dioxide from the burning coal and coke build up in the atmosphere. Visibility was so drastically impaired that the public busses were forced to drive with their lights on during the day. Reprints.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA208423
Entities
People
- Peter N. Frykman
Organizations
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine