New York University Week 4 Indoor Air Pollution and Exposure Assessment HW IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING WORD LIMIT REQUIREMENTS: Please note that each and eve

New York University Week 4 Indoor Air Pollution and Exposure Assessment HW IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING WORD LIMIT REQUIREMENTS:

Please note that each and every assignment has its own word limit.

Air pollutants and its correlations to human health

Indoor air pollutants are hazardous agents that cause health issues, for instance, two causes of indoor air pollutants are carbon monoxide and pesticides. Pesticides are used to kill and control pests, but the chemicals are very toxic for humans and animals and can cause death and health issues. Indoor air pollutants like pesticides have a negative correlation on human health, such as cancer, liver, kidney, endocrine, and nervous system damage, headache, nausea, and muscular weakness (U.S Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], 2020; Maxwell, 2014).

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic gas that is tasteless, colorless, and odorless. Exposure to this gas occurs from automobile exhaust, gas stoves, worn-out combustion devices, such as boilers or furnaces, generators, leaking chimneys or furnaces, and unvented kerosene produces CO. Indoor air pollutant like CO have a negative correlation on human health, such as causing fatigue and chest pain, reduced brain function, and angina, flu-like symptoms, nausea, impaired vision and headaches or death (EPA, 2020; (Maxwell, 2014)).

Regulation on indoor and outdoor air pollution

Indoor air pollutant occurs more often due to poor ventilation and can be more toxic and dangerous to human health than outdoor air pollutants. This is because, the indoor toxins are trapped inside, and the residents are continuously inhaling the toxin, which increases the risk of mortality and comorbidities. However, it is easier to regulate outdoor air pollution than indoor pollution. This is because you can easily have control over the amount of waste being produced by a factory than controlling indoor air pollution. This is because indoor air pollution is dependent based on the person to occupy the indoor environment.

Reference

Maxwell, N. I. (2014). Understanding environmental health: How we live in the world (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

U.S Environmental Protection Agency. (2020). Carbon Monoxide’s Impact on Indoor Air Quality. Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/carbon-monoxides-impact-indoor-air-quality

U.S Environmental Protection Agency. (2020). Pesticides’ Impact on Indoor Air Quality. Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/pesticides-impact-indoor-air-quality

Respond to the bold paragraph ABOVE by using one of the option below… in APA format with At least two references and a minimum of 200 words….. .(The List of References should not be older than 2016 and should not be included in the word count.)

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Offer and support an opinion.

Validate an idea with your own experience.
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Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

It is important that you cover all the topics identified in the assignment. Covering the topic does not mean mentioning the topic BUT presenting an explanation from the context of ethics and the readings for this class

To get maximum points you need to follow the requirements listed for this assignments 1) look at the word/page limits 2) review and follow APA rules 3) create subheadings to identify the key sections you are presenting and 4) Free from typographical and sentence construction errors.

REMEMBER IN APA FORMAT JOURNAL TITLES AND VOLUME NUMBERS ARE ITALICIZED.