Imagine that a company is planning to build a new factory in your region that will provide hundreds of well-paid jobs, but will
cause minor amounts of air pollution within a two-mile radius. answer the following questions: how would you rate your support for the factory if you lived 50 miles away from its planned location? how would you rate your support for the factory if you only lived one mile away from its planned location? explain any differences between your answers.
I would support the factory if I lived 50 miles away from the planned factory location. However, I would be worried if I only lived one mile away from the planned factory, because of possible health effects, bad smells, and a potential decrease in property values.
<h3>What is Air pollution ?</h3>
Factories contaminate the air by blowing chemical vapors and smoke out through vents and smokestacks, and by burning waste in open dumps or incinerators.
Exhaust from generators, diesel trucks, and buses also fill the air with dangerous gases.
The amount of toxic gases that factories release into the air increases health and environmental damages. In factories, toxic materials and gases, like carbon dioxide and methane, are burned and pumped out into the atmosphere.
