Adulteration of food and pollution "Adulteration" is a legal term meaning that a food product fails to meet federal or state standards. Food is the basic necessity of life. One works hard and earns to satisfy our hunger and relax (enjoy) later. But at the end of the day‚ many of us are not sure of what we eat. We may be eating a dangerous dye‚ sawdust‚ soapstone‚ industrial starch‚ and aluminum foil and so on! Contaminated foods and drinks are common sources of infection. Often‚ we invite diseases
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Air pollution in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Traffic congestion on inadequate road infrastructure is a daily reality of India ’s urban centers. Slow speeds and idling vehicles produce‚ per trip‚ 4 to 8 times more pollutants and consume more carbon footprint fuels‚ than free flowing traffic. This 2008 image shows traffic congestion in Delhi. Air pollution in India is a serious issue with the major sources being fuelwood and biomass burning‚ fuel adulteration
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Combating Water Pollution Water is an essential part of life. People need clean water to drink‚ bathe and enjoy the beauty and tranquility of this natural resource. How does water pollution occur? Some types of water pollution may occur through natural process but it is mostly a result of human activities. People use water everyday at home and in industries‚ approximately one hundred and fifty gallons per day per person is used in the United States (U.S Environmental
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American scientist Philippe Cousteau said‚ “Our oceans are facing innumerable threats from overfishing and pollution to ocean acidification and invasive/extinction of species.” This quote rings to our lives today in California because having over 50 beaches locally‚ we have seen most if not all of them in some manner polluted and mistreated. Simply‚ we love to visit our local beaches for the cool breeze and the overall view. The sense of “vacation” that draws us after a hard day’s work. We as humans
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Nonpoint source pollution is land runoff from drainage‚ rain‚ and seepage and hydraulic modification. It is caused by rain or snow melt that moves through and over the ground. When the runoff moves‚ it collects and picks up manmade and natural pollutants and ends up spilling into lakes‚ rivers‚ streams‚ and coastal waters. Nonpoint source pollution can include things like motor oil‚ toxic chemicals‚ animal droppings‚ trash and even insecticides. Our drinking water needs to be protected. It takes
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Pollution Caused By Plastic Bags Written by: Erica Duncan Science 256 Professor Elizabeth Stevens Pollution Caused By Plastic Bags Plastic bags are one among many items that do not decay or professional terms non-degradable. Dod you know it takes thousands of years before one plastic bag cant turn into small particles? Yew‚ that is a long time for plastic bags to vanish from earth. Many people don’t understand how seriously something as simple as plastic bags affect
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Water and Air Pollution Analysis Houston‚ Texas holds around two million people‚ carrying hundreds of thousands of cars daily on these busy freeways. On top of the pollutants coming from vehicles we also have the industrial refineries that are located only 45 minutes from the heart of Houston. Most the smog comes from the Houston Ship channel With the combination of these two things we can see how polluted our city and waters are. One of the main problems in Houston is air pollution. The air pollution
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number of international pollution has aroused people to pay more attention to environment protection. People excessively exploit the natural resources due to the big gap between economic development demand and natural source supply. I am amazed when I heared some people saying that individuals have no contribution to cope with international pollution. As for me‚ nothing is further from the truth than this view. In the first place‚ everyone can help to reduce pollution and do their bit for the
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Pollution is the act or process of polluting or the state of being polluted‚ especially the contamination of soil‚ water‚ or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pollution). Pollution is a universal problem. It seems that many businesses and people are unaware of the effect that pollutants have on people. Car exhaustion‚ tobacco smoking‚ dumping waste‚ and emission from factories and plants are just a few ways to pollute our ozone. I
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Indoor Air Pollution: Effects to Peoples Health Approximately 93% of our life we spend indoors (Vladimira Bukerova‚ personal communication‚ February 2012). Even though this may sound crazy it‚ is true. Weather people stay at home or at work; school or go for shopping they are inside of a building breathing‚ living the same air most of their daily life. There are different issues now days that are destroy our air and when talking about them people immediately will thing about the pollution caused
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