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Pollution In African Pollution

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Kate Galbraith, A journalist, released an article covering the condition and to what extent africa's pollution is currently at. The article was released by The New York Times on April 2014. It starts off by telling us how an air quality scientist was testing the air. The machine that was created in Arizona was man to calculate the amount of pollution in the air.While testing the air in Ouagadougou the machine clogged and was sent back to the United States of America for repair. Galbraith continued on how things such as vehicle exhaust, dusty roads to even cooking with woods, also known as inside pollution, all contribute to the worrisome problem altogether. Health was now becoming a problem as dirty air can cause heart disease, stroke, and cancer and was third highest level of deaths per capita from indoor air pollution of any region of the world said Galbraith. Ms.Linden, until 2007 did research on Burkina Faso, said that one of the major outdoor sources of air pollution was Industrial Activities when the population in Ouagadougou swell by 50%. In this Article things such as the machine to calculate air pollution malfunctioned while on trial in an african country. Kate also included how industrial activities played a big part in outdoor pollution sources. Galbraith kept a very informative tone throughout the article as she explained the situations and how it was being measured. I believe that Galbraith was great in giving detail and going into depth in how the problem was

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