In the Shadow of Smog: Insights into Photochemical Pollution and Preventive Measures
Traffic generator vehicles in urban areas of large population are responsible for the photochemical smog pollutants when react with the sunlight building up a unique type of air pollution. The pollution is a kind of mixture of several deadly gases which include, for instance, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and volatile compounds. Photochemical smog may cause damage to places, plants, populations and animals, affecting people's health. Photochemical smog is the outcome of oxidation reactions between sunlight, atmosphere, and combustion products. Nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the pollutants that originate from the automobile exhaust pipes, factories, chimneys, and power plants, etc. This is a source of activation energy needed to initiate photochemical processes, from among the longest wavelengths of the sun present in the trans-violet rays spectrum. Molecules able to encounter another during the moment that the light makes (or, breaking) the chemical bond...