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INDUSTRIAL VENTILATION : REQUIRING MORE THAN SIMPLE AIR MOVEMENT
By Benjamin Brits
This subject may not easily connect the dots , but it does indeed have several links and a potential dramatic impact for humans , plants , animals , insects , and entire ecosystem health alike .
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The significance of industrial processes , although going back centuries to their origin , became quite evident around the world from the mid-1700s onwards according to various sources . Notably , increasing occurrences of smog , acid rain , biodiversity loss , gas concentration and more recently general air quality deterioration have been observed .
These scenarios have , for the most part , all been associated directly with industrialisation and other resulting contributors such as the deployment of combustion engines and global travel . Several published studies have supported this as well as the external impacts that industrial facilities have on the local community of their respective placements .
Had simple awareness come about and action ensued in those earlier days , one has to consider that perhaps the global warming crisis and resulting poor air quality of today - that causes severe illness and many deaths each year too - could have been minimised , or eliminated entirely .
As a global society , industrial processing fulfils the needs of pretty much every aspect of daily life - from much of the food
Peter H | Pixabay we consume , to supplements we need to stay healthy and even the clothes we wear to mineral extractions and mining . As technology , and also awareness around health and safety have grown , so too has the methodology around processing - and to meet high technical demands , equipment and designs have continued to develop .
Industrial ventilation today not only fulfils the role in protecting workers through reduction or avoidance of exposure to
The industrial sector has been a major contributor to decreased air quality and chemical concentrations for centuries . Today countries are clamping down on facility emissions .
Large fans installed at a cooling tower of a power plant .
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