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    land and air pollution Water pollution Water pollution is usually caused by human activities. Different human sources add to the pollution of water. There are two sorts of sources‚ they mostly come from pipelines or sewers and then into the surface water. Nonpoint sources are sources that cannot be traced to a single site of discharge. Examples some sources are: factories‚ sewage treatment plants‚ underground mines‚ oil wells‚ oil tankers and agriculture‚ acid deposition from the air‚ traffic

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    Air Pollution One of the most serious problems that we have is the air pollution we breathe. People can help to improve the air we breathe. In order to improve the quality of the air‚ we have to be more conscious about what causes this kind of pollution and the effects of it. The air pollution causes harm and discomfort to humans or other living organisms and also damages our natural environment. The saddest situation is to realize that the main causes of deterioration of our lives are caused

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    The Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian mountain system dominates the Eastern United States and seperates the Eastern seaboard from the interior with a belt of uplands that extends nearly 1‚500 miles from northeastern Alabama to the Canadian border.; They are old‚ complex mountains‚ eroded from much older and greater ranges. The present topography is a result of erosion that has carved the weak rocks away‚ leaving a skeleton of resistant rocks behind as highlands. Because of this weathering‚ geologic

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    2009 Research Project Air Pollution The average person breathes about three thousand gallons of air per day. Imagine if that air was dirty? Most of us take for granted the air we breathe‚ and don’t even realize that we are breathing in toxins. Most of us aren’t even aware of how polluted the air is and how unhealthy it can be for the average person to breathe it in. It can make breathing difficult for some people and it affects all living things. Air pollution is a major problem in the

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    Cincinnati Water and Air Pollution Plan April 1‚ 2007 Air and water pollution has long been a concern in the major cities of the United States but our concern should not end there. Other cities and even small towns are suffering from the effects of pollution. Cincinnati‚ Ohio is a city with very poor air and water quality from pollution so a plan is needed to reverse these effects and restore health to the ecosystem and human life. The term air pollution is used quite often‚ but what

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    AIR POLLUTION Air Pollution is another major problem that is yet to be solved. The air is 99.9% nitrogen‚ oxygen‚ water vapor‚ and inert gases. We as humans depend on the air around us to live‚ without it we would die. Although we rely on this as an essential source for living‚ it is still littered and polluted with chemicals. Pollution of the atmosphere and the air around us is air pollution‚ and this is becoming more "popular" everyday. There are several main types of air pollution that include

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    Air Pollution and Global Warming SCI 275 Cheryl Wilson September 30‚ 2012 Tori Robinson Air pollution causes global warming through the greenhouse effect‚ according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The greenhouse effect occurs when greenhouse gases trap and heat energy from the sun and prevent it from escaping Earth’s atmosphere and entering space.” (EPA‚ 2012) Atmospheric pollutions are caused by gasses and solid particulates released into the atmosphere. The most hazard atmospheric

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    10. Air pollution (global warming) Environmental Protection Our planet Earth is only a tiny part of the universe‚ but nowadays it’s the only place where we can live. People always polluted their surroundings. But until now pollution was not such a serious problem. People lived in rural areas and did not produce such amount of polluting agents that would cause a dangerous situation in global scale. With the development of overcrowded industrial highly developed cities‚ which put huge amounts

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    Machinery Welcome to all Participants Trend of fatal Accidents in non -coal Mines Year Fatal Accidents 1998 61 2000 51 2002 52 2004 57 2005 48 2006 62 Accidents due to Machinery in Non – Coal Mines Year Fatal Accidents Due to Machinery 2001 71 33 2002 52 19 2003 52 21 2004 57 26 2005 48 23 2006 62 25 Causes of fatal Accidents due to Machinery‚non coal Mines in 2005 Transport machinery(winding)- nil Transport machinery(other than

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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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