Air Pollution in China When people think about air pollution‚ the things that come to their mind are smog‚ acid rain‚ and other forms of outdoor air pollution. Air Pollution is not a new topic. It is a problem that we have noticed since the industrial revolution‚ when trees‚ houses and cars were covered in soot from the factories. Every year‚ chemical substances present in the air within buildings affect the healths of thousands of people. The definition of air pollution is "The presence in the
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industrialized‚ and in a world where more people can afford to drive cars‚ air pollution is becoming a very big problem. While there are those who would debate whether or not our air pollution is causing global warming‚ versus the earth ’s natural warming process since the last Ice Age. Definitive proof may or may not be found anytime soon. What is certain‚ however‚ is that there are confirmed problems caused by air pollution. These problems include respiratory problems and they also include problems
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Air pollution has become one of the most important concerns of the local authorities of Latin- American cities. Bogotá‚ like as other urban centers in South America such as Sao Paulo‚ Mexico City and Santiago de Chile‚ shows significant levels of air pollution‚ levels that may represent a high risk for the population’s health and certainly a reduction in the quality of life of its inhabitants. Bogotá‚ capital of Colombia‚ is one of the largest cities of Latin America; with a population of around
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Air Pollution in Bangkok Pedestrians in Bangkok walk along the streets with handkerchiefs covering their noses. This is because nobody would like to inhale the unclean air into their body. As both residents and foreigners who have visited Bangkok know‚ Bangkok has one of the worst traffic in the world. This is due to the number of motor vehicles running on the roads which has increased significantly over the past few years. And without enough mass transit and road network‚ it led to traffic congestion
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A RESEARCH ON AIR POLLUTION NOWADAYS PROF. MADYA ZAMRI ABDUL RAHMAN LECTURER FATIN ADAWIYAH MOHAMAD PAUZI 2007288974 HAFISHAH HALIM 2007288918 MAZMIR MAT NOH 2007288996 [pic] UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA MALAYSIA 20 AUGUST 2007 TABLE OF CONTENT 1.0 ABSTRACT 3 2.0 INTRODUCTION 4 3.0 PROBLEM DEFINITION 5 4.0 METHOD OF SOLUTION 5 5.0 RESULT AND DISCUSSION 5 6.0 CONCLUSION 5 7.0 REFERENCES 5 8.0 APPENDIX 5 1. ABSTRACT In recent years‚ our environment
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Air and Water Pollution Penny Thompson ENV 100 12.4.2011 Air and Water Pollution Pollution is everywhere we look. In everyday activity‚ humans produce unhealthy pollutants without even a thought. This has been going on for centuries; even as early as the 11th century‚ people turned to burning coal instead of wood and in the 13th century‚ England’s King Edward l tried to impose stiff penalties for polluting the air. They could see that burning sea coal was creating hazards (History Channel
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Air pollution has become a major problem in the United States. The agricultural industry must help maintain air quality. By doing that the United States has started trying to make machines that will help reduce the pollution in the air which will help the environment. One way the United States has tried stopping air pollution and that is to create a solar powered machine which decreases air pollution. But also there are some ways that the people of the United States can help stop air pollution.
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Indoor Air Pollution: Effects to Peoples Health Approximately 93% of our life we spend indoors (Vladimira Bukerova‚ personal communication‚ February 2012). Even though this may sound crazy it‚ is true. Weather people stay at home or at work; school or go for shopping they are inside of a building breathing‚ living the same air most of their daily life. There are different issues now days that are destroy our air and when talking about them people immediately will thing about the pollution caused
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Causes of Air Pollution In the world nowadays‚ there are many new inventions have invented. They are including cars‚ motorcycles‚ electronic gadgets and the machines that use the burning of fossil fuel. Instead of the benefits of these new inventions‚ there are many disadvantages‚ too. There are two main reasons that cause air pollution. One of the main causes of air pollution is manufacturing. This source of pollution spews particulate matter and chemicals into the atmosphere. The particulate
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Air Pollution Summary Air pollution has adverse effects on almost everything. People‚ animals‚ the environment‚ and the economy are the main victims of air pollution. For people‚ animals and the environment the quality of the air taken in by all living things has to be clean. Unclean air can result in many illnesses to man‚ and can be especially harmful to those already suffering from asthma. Unclean air can also damage trees‚ crops‚ plants‚ lakes and all animals living on land or in the water
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