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What are the causes and effects of air pollution?

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  • Causes of air pollution
  • Mention the effects of air pollution
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  • The causes of air pollution are as follow :
    • Excessive use of fossil fuel​ ​
    • Unplanned urbanisation​​
    • Reckless industrialisation​​
    • Infrastructure projects​ ​
  • Volcanic eruptions​ ​
    • The effects of air pollution are as follows:
    • Ozone layer depletion is caused by different harmful chemicals.
    • Burning of fossil fuel releases harmful gases in the air which mix with the water droplet and causes acid rain
    • Greenhoue gases have led to increasing in temperature.
    • It causes respiratory disorders and heart diseases among humans.

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