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AIR POLLUTION Clean Air is the most basic component of a healthy environment. And when we pollute these natural resources we place our own health and survival at risk. Contamination of the atmosphere by industrial emissions has increased in almost any major city. The Greatest current source of air pollution in Mexico City is exhaust from motor vehicles, containing carbon monoxide and dioxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, decreasing amounts of leads and particulate hydrocarbons. Stricter government control in Mexico over vehicle emissions has reduced the amount of pollution released by automobiles, but continuing growth in the number of vehicles, especially in large cities, is forcing up levels of some pollutans. Although there is no direct evidence, air pollution is considered one possible explanation for the increasing incidence of allergy and asthma in young people. Improving the quality of our air and further reducing vehicle emissions is one of the major environmental goals of the Mexican government. INDOOR AIR POLLUTION Indoor air pollution has also become a cause for concern as more and more people spend their working days in air-conditioned buildings with windows that don't open. The air inside these buildings is re-circulated so that any air pollutants inside the building may gradually accumulate if they are not filtered out. Examples of some indoor air pollutants include resins from construction materials, insulation material, adhesives used to lay carpet and tiles, cleaning agents, and chemicals from photocopiers and other office equipment. Illnesses caused by air pollution from these sources have been called "Sick Building Syndrome" and tentatively linked to a variety of medical problems. Air quality can be and usually is improved in buildings with the installation of CLOUD 9 Air Purifiers that continuously circulates the air around the room and through the unit's purification system. Any air pollutants introduced into the room, either from within or from the outside, are filtered out every eight minutes. |