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Water and Air Pollution Analysis
Houston, Texas holds around two million people, carrying hundreds of thousands of cars daily on these busy freeways. On top of the pollutants coming from vehicles we also have the industrial refineries that are located only 45 minutes from the heart of Houston. Most the smog comes from the Houston Ship channel With the combination of these two things we can see how polluted our city and waters are.
One of the main problems in Houston is air pollution. The air pollution is caused from automobiles and also the Chemical plants located in Texas city, Texas. Even though the chemical plants are 45 miles away from the heart of Houston, in Texas City, the tiniest particles can come here airborne. These tiny particles are called Particulate Matter (PM) these PM can come from atmospheric gases such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds. You can find such fuels as these in cars and industrial facilities such as chemical plants.......

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