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    Title : AIR POLUTION Air Pollution is anything that goes into the air that is harmful. Most air pollution is manmade. The largest contributor to air pollution is the burning of fossil fuels such as gas and coal. Air pollution can also be said is the accumulation in the atmosphere of substances that‚ in sufficient concentrations‚ endanger human health or produce other measured effects on living matter and other materials. Among the major sources of air pollution are power and heat generation

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    Air pollution my speech 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. Air pollution has been a problem throughout history. Even in Ancient Rome people complained about smoke put into the atmosphere. Every day‚ the average person inhales about 20‚000 liters of air. Every time we breathe‚ we risk inhaling

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    Air Pollution: Causes and Effects It keeps us alive but at the same time‚ it can also be harmful. We breathe air everyday. Air provides us with oxygen that is essential for living. Nitrogen‚ water vapor‚ and inert gases comprise air along with oxygen. Emission of substances that contaminate air results to pollution. Air pollution is both natural and human-based. Natural air pollution is caused by phenomenon such as volcanic eruption‚ wind erosion‚ decomposition and radioactive

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    Pollution: Air‚ Water‚ Visual Pollution is the contamination of the natural environment. Pollution is one of the big issues in nowadays world. Everywhere in the planet‚ even in the most remote areas a kind of pollution can be seeing. In the air‚ in the water or in the cities the pollution is present and make places inhabitable or ugly to live in. Pollution affects‚ farms plantations‚ fishing business‚ brings sickness to people and animals that lives in polluted areas. There are several kinds of

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    Air Pollution due to Transportation Recently there has been a great emphasis in the media on pollution. In general‚ it seems that governments and citizens are becoming more aware of the impacts of pollution worldwide. One of the most significant forms of pollution is air pollution. Air pollution is a major concern. Transportation is the 3rd major contributor to air pollution. Air pollution caused by cars and airplanes do a lot more damage to the world than most people are aware of. Education is

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    smoke and chemicals from consumer products have many people thinking about air pollution and how it affects the planet . Air pollution is a complicated problem with many causes and effects and few solutions . Reducing air pollution and its effects will require the cooperation of people everywhere . Chairman : Good morning to everybody . We meet again in a forum event entitled ‘ Air Pollution ’ . As we begin the discussion on this beautiful

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    Sources of air pollution refer to the various locations‚ activities or factors which are responsible for the releasing of pollutants in the atmosphere. These sources can be classified into two major categories which are: Anthropogenic sources (human activity) mostly related to burning different kinds of fuel • "Stationary Sources" as smoke stacks of power plants‚ manufacturing facilities‚ municipal waste incinerators. Power plant is also used to refer to the engine in ships‚ aircraft and other

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    “Effects of Air Pollution in Children” Ashley Hines SOC 120 Brooke Fishinghawk 07/05/10 “Effects of Air Pollution in Children” Air pollution is the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more contaminants such as dust‚ fumes‚ gas‚ mist‚ odor‚ smoke‚ or vapor in quantities and of characteristics and duration such as to be injurious to human‚ plant‚ animal life‚ or to property(wikipedia). The presence of pollutants in the outdoor air contributes to numerous health effects ranging

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    talking about air pollution and noise pollution act legislation relating to the aviation industry regarding legal compliance‚ also how it effects people that works within the industry and what impact it has on the consumers and staff and also penalties in failure to comply with these legislations that are set by the government. Air pollutions is known to have a damaging effect on health depending on the level and type of pollution‚ aircraft engines release pollution that effect the air quality mainly

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    Ghazal Oshaghi ENVT 801 Research Paper Air Pollution in Tehran Air pollution has been a major issue in Tehran‚ the capital of Iran. Three articles have been summarized‚ which evaluates the causes of air pollution in Tehran‚ the health concerns‚ and explaining short-term and long-term remedies that the government of Iran has suggested. Tehran has been listed as the top-ten air-polluted cities in the world in World Health Organization Report (Davidson‚ 2013)

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