POLLUTION The environment is a hotly debated topic in today’s society. Some of the subtopics that are going to be discussed are going to be those related to the way technology is changing‚ what industries are doing to help prevent further pollution‚ some of the methods used in paper recycling‚ and some discussion of renewable energy sources. For the most part‚ this section of the research paper‚ unlike the other sections‚ is going to attempt to discuss some of the ways the public has been dealing
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Air Pollution Air pollution is the contamination of indoor or outdoor environment by any physicals‚ chemicals or biological agent that modified the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. Or the air pollution is a mixture of solid particles and gases in the air. Some air pollutions are poisonous. They can increase the chance of discomfort‚ disease‚ damage or death of all organism not only humans but also including animals and plants. Source of the air pollution are relates to the various
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but not every man’s greed.” ― Mahatma Gandhi “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” ― Gary Snyder “Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.” ― Edward O. Wilson There’s so much pollution in the air now that if it weren’t for our lungs there’d be no place to put it all. ~Robert Orben Don’t blow it - good planets are hard to find. ~Quoted in Time We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. ~Thomas Fuller‚ Gnomologia‚ 1732
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Pollution Human beings have always caused some environmental pollution. Since prehistoric times‚ people have created waste. Like garbage today‚ this waste was either burned‚ tossed into waterways‚ buried‚ or dumped aboveground. However‚ the waste of early peoples was mostly food scraps and other substances that broke down easily by natural decay processes. Prehistoric populations were also much smaller and were spread out over large areas. As a result‚ pollution was less concentrated and caused
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Recently‚ big cities such as Tokyo‚ Beijing‚ and Shanghai suffer from serious air and noise pollution because of the volume of passenger cars. Although passenger cars are one of the most convenient vehicles for residents‚ the governments should ban passenger cars because the volume of passenger cars cause environmental issues‚ health problems of citizens‚ and fearful effects on transport of emergency vehicle. First‚ although the unit sales of eco-friendly cars is increasing in big cities‚ there
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POLLUTIONS Environmental issues become one of the top topics nowadays. Environmental issues like pollution‚ climate change‚ global warning and deforestation are being discussed this day. Pollution is one of biggest concern in the environmental issues because it covers all which are water pollution‚ air pollution‚ soil pollution and noise pollution. Pollution is contaminants that can cause an adverse change s to environment and human health. Pollutants is components of pollution where it can be foreign
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Human health effects of air pollution * Marilena Kampa ‚ * Elias Castanas‚ * Laboratory of Experimental Endocrinology‚ University of Crete‚ School of Medicine‚ P.O. Box 2208‚ Heraklion‚ 71003‚ Greece * http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2007.06.012‚ How to Cite or Link Using DOI * Permissions & Reprints Abstract Hazardous chemicals escape to the environment by a number of natural and/or anthropogenic activities and may cause adverse effects on human health and the environment
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Air pollution Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals‚ particulate matter‚ or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms‚ or cause damage to the natural environment or built environment‚ into the atmosphere. The atmosphere is a complex dynamic natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health as well as to the Earth’s
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problems that the world is facing today is that of environmental pollution‚ increasing with every passing year and causing grave and irreparable damage to the earth. Environmental pollution consists of five basic types of pollution‚ air‚ water‚ soil‚ noise and light. Air pollution is the most harmful form of pollution in our environment. Air pollution is cause by the injurious smoke emitted by cars‚ buses‚ trucks‚ trains‚ and factories‚ namely sulphur dioxide‚ carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides.
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famous for its air pollution‚ which haunts the lives of thousands of Hong Kong people and wastes billions of dollars of the government and the private sectors every year. It is an unchanging fact that air pollution in Hong Kong not only results in a waste of massive amounts of money‚ but also results in deterioration on the overall health standard of the Hong Kong population. No doubt that it is the task of the Government of Hong Kong to work out measures to tackle air pollution. Nevertheless‚ it
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