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Yasmin Leal

Air Pollution
Introduction-
(Attention Getter) When people think about air pollution, they usually think about smog, acid rain, and other forms of outdoor air pollutants. But did you know that air pollution can exist inside homes and buildings? In the article “Air Pollution Fatalities Now Exceed Traffic Fatalities by 3 to 1”, Bernie Roberts (2002) says that 70,000 people die each year from the effects of air pollution. This outrageous number of people dying is because of human activities that release substances into the air that cause health problems. (Credibility & Relevancy) Nobody wants to die because of polluted air, and this wish is shared by most …show more content…

3. Drawbacks: One of the drawbacks for this solution is that it takes a lot of time, effort, and money to recycle. People don’t think about the consequences of their actions, and it is just easier to throw things away and let someone else deal with it or burn the trash in your backyard to get rid of it.

IV. Best Solution: There are many solutions to decreasing and preventing air pollution, but the best solution would be to pressure legislators to create pollution-control regulations, limiting the release of fossil fuels by companies and individuals. A. Why?: This is the best solution because it will by law force people to follow environmentally-friendly or “green” regulations, which would greatly decrease air pollution.

1. Detailed Explanation #1: A law eliminating or at least limiting the release of fossil fuels will better decrease and prevent air pollution than environmentally-friendly vehicles because it includes but is not limited to just the vehicles we drive that pollute our air.

a. Safety: Meaning, the risk to our health and future safety from diseases due to air pollution will exponentially decrease with more than just cars and trucks not polluting the air. Manufacturers and producers of materials who have smoke stacks and such will also be unable to contaminate the air we breathe.

b. Ethos: