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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day you decided to take a nice swim in Lake Erie‚ and a couple hours after swimming these symptoms started occurring? Im sure you would not be happy! In the article “See Striking New Images of Algae Blooms in the Great Lakes” by Mia Tramz (Time Magazine) said‚ “Lake Erie is In danger of dying by suffocation‚ said‚and only we can stop it.” Lake Erie has high amounts of algae in the water that can produce poisons and cause people to get sick. The great lakes are an important source to our state as
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Gathering water for African villages is a job placed on the women. They spend countless hours carrying water from distant sources. These sources are often polluted and this continuous effort is an enormous waste of time that could be better used for childcare and education (Wanja). According to J.W.N. Riviere in a publication called "Threats to the Worlds Waters"‚ women and girls in Africa spend 40 billion person hours a year hauling polluted water. Both natural and man-made pollutants have damaged
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changes in climate can take hundreds or even millions of years. Plastic pollution in lakes and oceans affect climate change because it harms air quality and creates ocean toxicity. Plastic contributes to ecosystem disruption and habitat destruction. In my project I will be testing the water and shoreline in Kootenay lake to see how much plastic is polluting our lake. Scientists are trying to come up with ways to combat plastic pollution. A team of Japanese researchers described a species of bacteria that
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"Pollution affects two essential aspects of our planet: air and water. Although their pollutants are emitted in different ways‚ they both harm all living organisms. Air pollution is predominately emitted through the exhaust of motor vehicles and the combustion of fossil fuels‚ whereas water pollution is the result of industrial waste and environmental accidents. Our society knows that pollution is harmful and a serious problem for Earth but generally people don’t care. Nevertheless everybody needs
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Reducing Air and Water Pollution Reducing air and water pollution is always a challenge. Even in a smaller city like Enterprise‚ Alabama. So many things seem out of our control; however if everyone was to do their part‚ even if it’s just a small change‚ it can make a big difference. So many luxuries we have in our lives we take for granted‚ and so many pollutants we put into the atmosphere and our ground water without thought. I want to show that in a small town like Enterprise that does
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consequences and drawbacks that these wastes may lead to. Pollution and environment can be listed under
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Essay Two: Causes and Effectives of Air Pollution Nowadays‚ air pollution is becoming one of the most major concerns throughout the world. There are several causes such as burning fossil fuels‚ emission of pollutants‚ smoking and transportation which contribute in developing air pollution. These causes may lead to several difficulties on the environment‚ such as health problems‚ acid rain and global warming. One of the most important effects of air pollution is bringing on breathing problems‚ such
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population grows‚ so does the output of pollution grow to meet demands. Today‚ hearing how polluted/contaminated lakes‚ rivers‚ and other water systems remains just a common occurrence in the minds of the majority individuals. Even though this water persists in its contamination‚ millions upon millions of people still consume this water for drinking every day. Such occurrences can be shown with the Great Lakes‚ since 35 million people rely on the water for fresh water even though there have been reports
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Water Pollution Part II Amanda Norris Groundwater Pollution pg. 502: Describe : Groundwater is the water we drink. Few countries go to the great expense of locating‚ tracking‚ and testing aquifers. Volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) contaminate 90% of the U.S. aquifers‚ but 2% of samples had unsafe VOC levels. The US found that ⅓of the 26k industrial waste ponds didn’t have liners to prevent toxic liquid wastes from seeping into aquifers. The EPA had completed the cleanup of 297k of the 436k underground
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