Health / Effects of Acid Rain on Human Health

Acid rain nothing but simply rain with high PH value and contains pollutants. Acidic rain has enough pH to burn human skin.

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1 Effects of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Gases (SO2) present in the air or atmosphere mixes with the acid rain when inhaled deep into people's lungs causes lung problems (asthma and bronchitis) and heart diseases / problems.
2 Effects of Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) Gases (NOx) present in the air or atmosphere mixes with the acid rain when inhaled deep into people's lungs causes lung problems (asthma and emphysema) and heart diseases / problems.
3 Effects of carbon Oxide (CO2) Gases (NOx) present in the air or atmosphere mixes with the acid rain when inhaled deep into people's lungs causes lung problems (asthma and emphysema),skin, eye irritation and heart diseases / problems.

Note
The above effects are mentioned for low concentrations. But for high concentration it may leads to death.

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