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    Salt Pollution

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    Salt Pollution As awareness for pollution increases‚ other forms of pollution are defined. Almost everyone knows about toxic waste and carbon dioxide pollution‚ but not many people have heard of salt pollution. Salt pollution has been on the increase since the evolution of the automobile. With more pressure on government agencies to keep the highway clear and safe‚ an increase in the use of salt has developed. It is important to understand why salt is used and how it work as well as the environmental

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    River Pollution

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    RIVER POLLUTION River is very important because it can provide clean water and can act as a main source of protein to human beings. Most of the drinking water consumed by the people of the world originates from the river. If the river has been polluted‚ then the tarnished river water needs to be filtered through a series of intricate and money-consuming process. The picture above clearly shows that the pollution of water happened because of the ignorant act of dumping rubbish and toxic

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    Plastic Surgery and Teens

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    Plastic Surgery and Teens English 102 May 14‚ 2013 Plastic Surgery and Teens “You can cut your hair if it won’t grow. You can fix your nose if he says so. You can buy all the makeup MAC can make‚ but if can’t look inside you‚ find out who am I too? Be in a position to make me feel so damn unpretty‚ I’ll make you feel unpretty too.” In the late  90s TLC was known for writing about social issues that young women faced everyday

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    air pollution

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    are at the alarming rate. If there is nothing done about it‚ Vietnam will soon suffering the consequences. This paper is to give the audience a clearer view of air pollution in Vietnam including reasons‚ affects and suggesting solutions. 2. Discussion of finding 2.1 Reasons 2.1.2 Motor vehicles There are several causes of air pollution; the vast majority of them can be attributed by man. Many people are unaware of the serious problems they expose to the world by letting such dangerous chemical

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    Automobile Pollution

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    Automobile Pollution. Automobiles can cause many different kinds of pollution in the environment. Air‚ health and groundwater pollution are of the most common. The reasons for these problems can be contributed to exhaust systems and light switches that are standard equipment on most cars today. Older and newer cars alike are equipped with a catalytic converter system. Which are supposed to convert hydrocarbons‚ carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides into harmless materials emitted from the automobiles

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    Noise Pollution

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    Vasquez 1 Naisy Vasquez Professor Machado EOH 350 T/Th April 29‚ 2010 Noise Pollution and Its Impact “Calling noise a nuisance is like calling smog an inconvenience. Noise must be considered a hazard to the health of people everywhere.” -William H. Stewart The word noise is derived from the Latin word nausea meaning seasickness. Like its root meaning‚ noise has a negative effect to human health and well-being. Noise resulting from road traffic‚ jet planes‚ jet skis‚ garbage trucks‚ construction

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    Oil Pollution

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    Oil Pollution-Case Study The following case study is about the impacts that oil pollution produces in the sea‚ specifically in this case in the coasts of South Wales. This incident was due to the stranding of an oil tanker from the company Sea Empress. The cause for this oil pollution was that a 147‚000 tonne oil tanker from Sea Empress ran aground‚ even though they were controlled by the harbor pilots. The oil tanker would have been docked earlier but because of the heavy seas it took longer.

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    Air Pollution

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    Air Pollution * Pollutants enter the air from various sources‚ but burning of fossil fuels contributes the most to air pollution. * Exhaust fumes from vehicles contains soot (tiny carbon particles)‚ lead (from cars using unleaded petrol)‚ carbon monoxide‚ oxides of nitrogen and hydrocarbons due to the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels. * Burning of fossil fuels in the combustion engines of vehicles and electrical power stations also releases large amount of carbon dioxide into the

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    Air pollution is a huge problem in North Carolina. We know this is a problem because “in 2012‚ North Carolina ranked 8th in the country for our high levels of toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants” (“NC’s Air Quality”). Besides coal-fired power plants‚ transportation‚ paper mills‚ and industrial facilities also play a part in our air pollution (“NC’s Air Quality”). “North Carolina was a leader in protecting public health by establishing air toxics rules in the early 1980’s prior to federal

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    Air Pollution Causing Global Warming This paper presents the causes and effects of air pollution. Other stratospheric research is concerned with the downward trends in global ozone that have recently been measured over populated regions in the mid altitudes. The author focuses on the various factors associated with global warming. From the Paper: "Air pollution is any visible or invisible substance found in the air that is not part of the normal composition of air. Some air pollution is

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