Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals‚ particulates‚ biological materials‚ or other harmful materials into the Earth’s atmosphere‚ possibly causing disease‚ death to humans‚ damage to other living organisms such as food crops‚ or the natural or built environment. The atmosphere is a complex 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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Background The overuse of plastics in today’s society has become major environmental issue for our oceans. Plastic pollution is the dumping‚ littering‚ or disposing of any type of man-made plastic that has been produced and has ended up in our ocean and has not been recycled. History of Plastic "Plastic" entered the world through chemistry in 1909 and was originally coined to describe Bakelite‚ the first fully synthetic resin. What make’s plastic so unique is when it is heated it can be molded
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Environmental pollution In this topic we are going to deal about different types of pollution and due to these types of pollution how our environment is facing disasters and calamities. Introduction: Environmental pollution can be defined as “the unfavorable alteration of our surroundings” Types of pollutants: 1. Bio degradable pollutants - decompose rapidly by natural processes. 2. Non-degradable pollutants-do not decompose or slowly decompose in the environment. Pollutions are different
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problems caused due to the pollution of land‚ water and air. Talking about land pollution‚ it has some of the most devastating effects on both nature and living beings. Land pollution is characterized by the contamination of Earth’s surface‚ where humans and other creatures live. One of the major causes of land pollution is human activities. Given below is complete information about the main causes and harmful effects of land pollution. Causes of Land Pollution by Human * Increase in urbanization
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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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Water pollution Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies . Mostly water pollution occurs in lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans‚ aquifers and groundwater. Water pollution occurs when pollutants are directly or indirectly discharged into water bodies without adequate treatmentto remove harmful compounds. Type of water pollutions There are many types of water pollution because water comes from many sources. Here are a few types of water pollution: 1. Nutrients Pollution Some wastewater‚ fertilizers
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air pollution issues Name__________________________ Date_________ Period_____ This is intended as a study guide. For best results‚ I recommend studying all the material first‚ then filling out the worksheet “closed-book/notes” as if taking a test. When done‚ go back to your notes to check your answers. Match the following air pollution issues with ALL appropriate causes (letters) and consequences (numbers). All letters and numbers will be used at least once. Each issue may have any number
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TOPIC: Gains from improved water supply and sanitation and water resources management Sarajevo‚ April 2013 Table of Contents 1 2 2 Introduction 3 3 Water resources management 4 3.1 What is WRM 4 3.2 Water consumption 4 3.3 Agriculture: water ’s biggest consumer 4 4 Benefit of sanitation 5 4.1 Economic considerations 5 4.2 Industrial water use 6 5 Gains from water investvment 7 6 Conclusion 8 7 References 9 Introduction Water is an essential
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Just below the surface The story is written by Kate Nivison and takes place in a London suburb in an upper class environment (p. 41‚ l. 14) in modern time (p. 42‚ l. 23). It is a first person narrator so we sympathize with Indrani. Indrani: * Is an Indian woman (p. 42‚ l. 37) * Is education‚ but not highly educated * She is very bigoted (p. 42‚ p. 29-30) * She thinks the British people are xenophobic (the woman in the shop and the men from the council‚ p. 43‚ l. 15) *
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Air pollution From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Air pollution from World War II production Smog over Santiago‚ Chile Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals‚ particulate matter‚ or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms‚ or damages the natural environment into the atmosphere. The atmosphere is a complex dynamic natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone
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