When pollution leaves the air, where does it go?

Question

When pollution leaves the air, where does it go?

Answer 1

it hold in the clouds and build up to rain. And/or it can go up to the atomosphere and damage or ozone layer

Answer 2

When pollution leaves the air it goes into the ozone layer and stays there for years.

Answer 3

usually it breaks down into less harmful chemicals or molecules....sometimes it can be absorbed or neutralized like when acids meet bases they form salts....some are absorbed into water and soil where they are less harmful and are neturalized

Answer 4

primarily into the water, simply because there is so much water and water cycles through the atmosphere and partially cleanses it.  Trace contaminants of long persistance (essentially indestructible) are found in every corner of the earth in trace amounts.  All pollutants will eventually either break down, go off into space (yes, some mass is constantly lost to space), or get buried, but for most contaminants the removal rate is a lot lower than the formation rate so they will be around for a long time to come.

Answer 5

I wish people would get educated before they answer. It goes everywhere. Into our atmospheres, into our soils, into our oceans. Billions of tons of pollutants. Some do breakdown and some don't. But, even broken down they can have serious consequences. We are going to have a VERY polluted world in another 20 yrs. We will be 9,000,000,000 strong with little concern. I pray for the youth of this planet.

Answer 6

it is broke down, or absorbed in to water and precipitates down