Air pollution in India is a serious issue with the major sources being fuelwood and biomass burning‚ fuel adulteration‚ vehicle emission and traffic congestion.[1][2] India has a low per capita emissions of greenhouse gases but the country as a whole is the third largest after China and the United States.[3] A 2013 study on non-smokers has found that Indians have 30% lower lung function compared to Europeans.[4] The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act was passed in 1981 to regulate air
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SOUND POLLUTION NOISE CONTROL Noise has the potential to impact on us all every day‚ in different ways. Any form of noise can be considered pollution if it causes annoyance‚ sleeplessness‚ fright‚ or any other stress reaction. noise is transient; once it stops‚ the environment is free of it we can measure individual sounds that may damage human hearing‚ but it is difficult to monitor cumulative exposure to noise or to determine just how much is too much the definition of noise itself is highly
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Environmental Pollution Environment means our surroundings. It consists of air‚ water‚ soil and other natural resources‚ that make our earth habitable for us. All the elements of environment are well proportioned and depend upon each other. This characteristic of environment is called ecosystem. If any element of it is destroyed‚ it affects all other elements. So for our existence we must not destroy the ecological balance. But consciously or unconsciously we are damaging vital elements
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“POVERTY AND POLLUTION” In the Article Poverty and Pollution‚ there are many things being discuss such as poverty‚ pollution‚ harmful gases‚ the percentage of infant mortality and how nearly 13‚000 suffer from respiratory disease. Many residents are suffering from different/variety of health problem as an result. These problems are very serious and dangerous. The people over in Brazil’s “valley of death” are having difficulties breathing and could die if there’s nothing done about the situation
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------------------------------------------------- Service quality Continuity of supply In 2004‚ water supply was available on average for 18 hours each day in the West Zone of Metro Manila and 21 hours in the East Zone. According to their respective websites‚ the utility responsible for water supply in the East Zone of Metro Manila increased 24-hour water from 26% in 1997 to 98% in 2007‚ whereas in the West Zone‚ 42% of the customers had an uninterrupted supply in 2007. In a 2004 sample of 45
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The amount of air pollution in Pakistan’s major cities like Lahore and Karachi is 20 times higher than the World Health Organization standards. There are layers of smog‚ dust and smoke that exist over Karachi. There is also a prominent smell of gasoline that infiltrates air. Islamabad which is the capital city of Pakistan is known to be covered with thick layer smog that actually keeps hidden the view of Margalla hills. So pollution is very prominent and exists to a threatening level in Pakistan
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Noise pollution is displeasing or excessive noise that may disrupt the activity or balance of human or animal life. The word noise is cognate with the Latin word nauseas‚ which means disgust or discomfort.[1] The source of most outdoor noise worldwide is mainly caused by machines and transportation systems‚ motor vehicles‚ aircrafts‚ and trains.[2][3] Outdoor noise is summarized by the word environmental noise. Poor urban planning may give rise to noise pollution‚ since side-by-side industrial and
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I. Introduction According to the Columbia Encyclopedia‚ water pollution is defined as contamination of water resources by harmful wastes. In most cases this contamination is a result of people overloading the water environment with wastes. The scope of this problem covers any and all water sources including but not limited to streams‚ lakes‚ underground water‚ bays or oceans. II. Statement of Problem It is no misconception that water is a necessary compound to all life on Earth. Absolutely all
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place without causing major harm to the environment we live in (Kahn‚ Yardly 2007). While rapidly growing air pollution in China brought on by harmful factory production and out dated fueling methods has created an abundance of health inequalities as well as permanent damage to the surrounding ecosystems‚ the solution to these issues prove difficult to solve. With a communist styled
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Factories‚ while producing industry and food for human consumption‚ contribute to the pollution of the environment. The waste that results from factory production often ends up in the soil and subsequently in streams and rivers. Waste also contaminates the air‚ contributing to smog‚ poor air quality and acid rain. Waste can also originate from farms thousands of animals kept in small confines produce a vast amount of waste‚ which enters the surrounding soil and water supply. This is why I
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