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    contaminated water. The World Health Organization estimates that 80% of all sickness and disease in developing countries is due to unsafe water. As water pollution is one of the most widespread problems and it has deadly effects‚ I chose this topic. Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans and groundwater). Water pollution occurs when pollutants are discharged directly or indirectly into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds. The project

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    THE GOVERNMENT AND POLLUTION Pollution is a very tough topic in today’s market and in my personal opinion; Government should intervene for the following reason. Let’s take the example of a company that manufactures blue jeans at a factory location on a river. The problem is that‚ as a byproduct of its manufacturing operations‚ the factory dumps chemical pollutants into the river. But no single person or entity owns the river water‚ so there is no one to force the company to stop polluting. Moreover

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    Water pollution is when the water in lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans‚ and other bodies of water is contaminated. Humans are the main cause for polluting the water. The countries that are most affected by water pollution are: India – The Ganges River China – The Yellow River Central Asia – Amu and Syr Darya Rivers Nepals – Most of the Rivers Pacific Islands Australia Water pollution affects ones physical and emotional health since without drinking water we cannot survive and if the water is polluted

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    Assignment: WATER POLLUTION 1) What is water pollution? 2) What causes water pollution? 3) Name the 2 sources of pollution 4) What are the different types of water pollution? 5) How can water pollution be prevented? 6) Pollution can be: MICROBIOLOGICAL‚ CHEMICAL‚ SUSPENDED MATTER‚ NUTRIENTS‚ OXYGEN-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES. Give one real example for each cse with a brief explanation. 1) 1- Water pollution is the contamination of water

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    Persuasive Essay Barbra Hudson is one to the wealthiest women‚ but even though she had a lot of money‚ she did not have a happy life. Instead‚ she divorced two husbands and is a lonely woman. If you have a lot of money it doesn’t matter because people with lot money don’t have happy lives‚ they end up as drug addicts that go to jail and sometimes end up broke. That’s why money doesn’t but happiness. The reason money doesn’t buy happiness is because celebrities or rich people end up as worthless

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    1. | water pollution - pollution of the water in rivers and lakespollution - undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities | ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Water+pollutant ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Effects of Water Pollution By Jared

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    Water Polution definiton: Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans‚ aquifers and groundwater). Water pollution occurs whenpollutants are directly or indirectly discharged into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds. Water pollution affects plants and organisms living in these bodies of water. In almost all cases the effect is damaging not only to individual species and populations‚ but also to

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    Introduction In China‚ an increasing population and rapid economic growth as well as lax environmental oversight have increased water pollution. Therefore‚ deterioration of drinking water quality continues to be a major problem. Continuous emissions from manufacturing are the largest contributor to lowered drinking quality across the country. China’s major river systems exhibit the scope of the problem. Perhaps 70 percent of their water is so polluted that it has been deemed unsafe for human contact

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    manufacturing‚ pulp‚ paper and paperboard products‚ and textile products‚ correspondingly discharge large amounts of wastewater (PEM‚ 2003). Most of the water pollution-intensive industries are in National Capital Region‚ Calabarzon‚ and Region III. Food manufacturing industries‚ piggeries‚ and slaughterhouses are the main sources of organic pollution (PEM‚ 2004). A report from a study conducted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in 1999 emphasizes that the situation is

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    industrial country. And the industry who is responsible for the pollution. Most of the industries are not follow the rules of the law. I.2 Origin of the report: To know the current situation of the industrial pollution. To know what are the reason behind this. Why the industry through their waste in to the open field? To understand the problem of the pollution. I.3 Objective of the report: To know the current situation of pollution problem. To understand the thinking of the people. To solve

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