China

Countries such as China and India, are dealing with from a booming increase of population. With the increase of humans, the most basic needs increase. The need for transportation, refined products, food, medicine, but the end result is same… air pollution. Because of the government’s loose laws on car emissions, factory rules and regulations as well as the rapid burning of fuels for automobiles. According to the article written by actionforourplanet.com, titled "Top 10 Polluting Countries" It states that, "The biggest polluting countries are typically the states with the biggest industries, biggest production capabilities and the biggest populations." meaning that be reason for all the pollution is because these counties with so much pollution tend to produce a lot of materials (supply and demand). With China's population reaching over 1,300,000,000, it's no surprise that it is the leading contributor of air pollution.  China, the leading production countries, creates 6,018 million tonnes of air pollution yearly (or 1.32684864 x10^10 pounds). Joseph Stromberg from the Smithsonian.com wrote an article called, “Air Pollution in China Is Spreading Across the Pacific to the U.S.” in this article he states that the “impact of China's enormous manufacturing industry is very localized: Remarkably bad urban air quality in China that occasionally closes schools, has entrepreneurs selling canned air and has caused an estimated 1.2 million premature deaths.” Joseph means that, though China manufacturing companies are restricted to certain areas, the air pollution that they create is uncontainable, leaking to areas where children, adults and the elderly are exposed. The article goes on further to say that this contamination is even going over the Pacific Ocean, reaching toward the Western US.

                                   (Above is a view from space of China's expanding clouds of haze).

UNFORTUNATLY!!! The US may be to blame. Over 26 percent of the products manufactured are exported and about a fifth of that is exported to the US. The US as a Nation buys a large portion of the manufactured products made by China because the products are so cheap!

In an article written by Jonathan Kaiman, a reporter from the Guardian, he states, the worsening air pollution has already exacted a significant economic toll, grounding flights, closing highways and keeping tourists at home.” This pollution is hurting their economy significantly! According to He Dongxian, an associate professor at China Agricultural University's College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, “He has demonstrated that air pollutants adhere to greenhouse surfaces, cutting the amount of light inside by about 50% and severely impeding photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert light into life-sustaining chemical energy.” This air pollution is restricting the way the Chinese maybe trying to grown their crops. Sure, the smog is quite the problem (it’s also ugly!) but it’s the fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) that’s really to be aware of. PM2.5s are an invisible super fine particle that can actually seep into your lungs and get into the bloodstream. The World Health Organization recommends a safe level of 25, China just recently hit 505!!!

The problems in China are 8X as bad as they are in the US. This is a problem that should be rectified, this problem is affecting everyone.

 The children,  the elderly, animals, life, ALL LIVING THINGS are at risk. 

In an article called, China’s Environmental Crisis written by Beina Xu, he states, “Yet experts cite water depletion and pollution as the country's biggest environmental hazards. Overuse, contamination, and waste have produced severe shortages; approximately two-thirds of China's roughly 660 cities don't have enough water despite the fact that China controls the river water supply of thirteen neighboring countries and has dammed every major river on the Tibetan plateau. The impact is particularly felt in rural areas, where some 300 to 500 million people lack access to piped water. Industry along China's major water sources has also polluted the supply heavily; in 2005, a plant explosion leaked around one hundred tons of toxic chemicals into the Songhua river.”

"Action For Our Planet." Home -. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. <http://www.actionforourplanet.com/#/top-10-polluting-countries/4541684868>.


Stromberg, Joseph. "Air Pollution in China Is Spreading Across the Pacific to the U.S."Smithsonian. Web. 15 Apr. 2015. <http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/air-pollution-china-is-spreading-across-pacific-us-180949395/?no-ist>.

Kaiman, Jonathan. Web. 15 Apr. 2015. <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/25/china-toxic-air-pollution-nuclear-winter-scientists>.