Air pollution is serious threat to the health of humans around the world | Letter
Air pollution is serious threat to the health of humans around the world | Letter
Nicholas Sprigler | Special to the Rockford Register Star
Mark Snyder’s eighth-grade government students at Shirland School have been studying the meaning of citizenship. As part of their study, students have learned that citizens have several rights, responsibilities, and duties. One of the responsibilities of citizenship is to be engaged in your community.
As a way to put that responsibility into practice and as a culmination of our study, students selected a topic of interest or concern, researched it, and wrote a letter to the editor on that topic.
”As their teacher, I often find myself disagreeing with the opinions of my students, and the students often disagree with each other as well,” Snyder wrote. “Part of responsible citizenship is learning to appreciate the opinions of others civilly, even when those opinions differ from our own.”
Student letters will appear on these pages in the coming weeks.
I have family members that live in Los Angeles and I always worry about their health risks. Air pollution severely impacts the people of Los Angeles and the Earth itself.
According to Clarity Movement Co., ozone harms plant health and damages human lungs, causing chest irritation, coughing, and asthma.
Laalmanac.com states, over 40% of these people who get these signs of health issues have high risks of cancer. It also states that in just 2024 alone, there were a total of 133 hazardous air days in Los Angeles.
This means that at least 1 out of every 3 days have unhealthy air. Likely, this is due to vehicle pollution.
California Air Resources Board states, In Los Angeles, about half of the air pollution comes from cars and trucks.
Los Angeles’s air pollution is deeply affecting the health of humans and needs to be addressed. We need to make a difference.
No matter where you live you could go on a walk instead of driving or take public transportation. You could even plant a tree. All these things will give your community cleaner, and more suitable air for society.
Nicholas Sprigler, Rockton