Air pollution Name: Sean Lim Class: 1E HAZE IN MALAYSIA KUALA LUMPUR — The haze situation in Malaysia has improved significantly as air pollutant index (API) levels drop in Port Klang and in other areas in Selangor as well as in Perak. The highest API for the 7am reading today (June 26) is 148 at Nilai in Negeri Sembilan. Port Klang’s API dropped from the hazardous levels of 487 yesterday to 140 this morning. Meanwhile‚ Kuala Lumpur’s API reading stands at 100
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the air that you are breathing may be killing you … well‚ no need to Imagine as this is the ugly truth. Air pollution is an intractable problem that we have noticed since the industrial revolution and it has increased over the years to become one of our time’s biggest issues. While some air pollution is a result of natural causes such as volcanic eruptions‚ most is caused by human activities. The first major cause of air pollution is car exhausts which lead to about 50 % of the total air pollution
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The problem of air pollution in our society is best understood within the context of Sean Lynn-Jones’ and Steven Miller’s book Global Dangers: Changing Dimensions of International Security. (Lynn-Jones and Miller) In this collection of essays‚ it becomes clear that the threat to the environment poses the greatest danger to the international community today. This is precisely why environmental security must now become the most important objective of all nations. Global Dangers reveals that‚ with the
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Causes and Effects of Air Pollution. Earth is everybody’s home and nobody likes to live in a dirty home. Of all the changes swirling among us‚ those that affect the natural environment seems to hold the most serious implication for human life. From a long period of time‚ people have been polluting the earth surface‚ but because of earth’s own ability to absorb and purify minor quantities of pollutants‚ the problem has been minimal. It is significant
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Automotives AUGUST 2012 For updated information‚ please visit www.ibef.org 1 Automotives AUGUST 2012 Contents Advantage India Market overview and trends Growth drivers Success stories: Maruti‚ Tata Motors Opportunities Useful information For updated information‚ please visit www.ibef.org 2 Automotives Advantage India AUGUST 2012 Growing demand • Innovation opportunities • FY16E Market size: USD145 billion Strong demand growth
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HARM THE ENVIRONMENT OF AIR POLLUTION 1. Harm to human health and animal life on earth: Air pollution on the human body and animals primarily via the respiratory tract as well as direct effects on the eyes and skin of the body. They cause diseases such as suffocation‚ acute pulmonary edema‚ a number of irritating contaminants for coughs‚ asthma‚ tuberculosis‚ lung cancer‚ causing bitter tears‚ cause allergies‚ itching on skin‚ urticaria‚ stone dust and asbestos dust causes lung .
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7 Ways to Reduce Air Pollution Step 1: Understand Where Air Pollution Comes From According to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)‚ there are six major causes of air pollution in the United States. These are ground-level ozone‚ particulate matter‚ lead‚ sulfur dioxide‚ nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide. While most people have heard of carbon monoxide‚ lead and particulate matter‚ they might be surprised to learn that the primary source of air pollution today is ground-level
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for their dangerously high levels of air pollution and the resulting health issues‚ such as asthma and emphysema. Summer heat and vehicle emissions are just a few of the contributing factors that increase air pollution levels. However‚ healthy trees planted effectively along roads‚ buildings and in parking lots can decrease overall air pollution levels for city residents.Trees can remove both gaseous air pollutants and particulate matter. Gaseous air pollution enters a tree through leaf stomata and
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History of Automobiles Automobiles also known as Cars‚ Trucks and SUV’s are a very important part of our everyday lives. Automobiles have been around a lot longer than most people think. In Europe‚ automobiles date back to as early as the late 1700’s. European engineers began thinking of developing the first automobile to make life easier. By the mid 1800’s they began to think over how the automobile would run. Some manufactures tried using stream‚ combustion‚ and electrical motors to run their
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Automobile Emissions Control Abstract - The Automobile emissions control focus on the different types of technologies that have been introducing from early 1960’s to reduce the air pollution. They describe the different control methods involved in all the devices employed for the purpose of controlling pollution. This paper entails the information of impact of using these control techniques and devices. The detrimental effects of pollutants from automobile emissions on
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