19/12/2013 Indoor Air-pollution and health Introduction: We are living things that need to breathe‚ no doubt of that. Every few seconds we need to inhale a small quantity of air. Unfortunately‚ the air we breathe in has become more and more polluted owning to a multitude of factors such as: increase in number of vehicles‚ increase usage of synthetic materials for buildings and homes‚ lack of awareness towards potentially hazardous microorganisms such as fungi and so on. Air pollutants – any one
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Recently‚ big cities such as Tokyo‚ Beijing‚ and Shanghai suffer from serious air and noise pollution because of the volume of passenger cars. Although passenger cars are one of the most convenient vehicles for residents‚ the governments should ban passenger cars because the volume of passenger cars cause environmental issues‚ health problems of citizens‚ and fearful effects on transport of emergency vehicle. First‚ although the unit sales of eco-friendly cars is increasing in big cities‚ there
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famous for its air pollution‚ which haunts the lives of thousands of Hong Kong people and wastes billions of dollars of the government and the private sectors every year. It is an unchanging fact that air pollution in Hong Kong not only results in a waste of massive amounts of money‚ but also results in deterioration on the overall health standard of the Hong Kong population. No doubt that it is the task of the Government of Hong Kong to work out measures to tackle air pollution. Nevertheless‚ it
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PRODUCTIONS ON AIR POLLUTION Lu Li‚ Zhaowei Liu ECON508: Applied econometrics May 10‚ 2013 Abstract In China‚ many environmental problems have been ignored when it mainly focused on a higher pace of economic growth for a long time. In this paper‚ we aim at finding the relationship between air pollutions and its potential contributor—industrial development. And we are also interested in finding out which department in industry contributes most to air pollution
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ton and GDP per capita of eight Asian countries to determine that how environmental pollution is increasing because of industrial progression. And it has been found that they have positive relation. The motto of this term paper is to remind of the fact that only thinking about the economic development of the country should not be welcomed unless the importance of environmental welfare is being realized. INTRODUCTION The relationship between economic growth and the environment is debatable. Traditional
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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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to Reduce Air Pollution ASDF SCI/275 September 4‚ 2011 Kristal Davis Fadtke Using Clean Coal Technologies to Reduce Air Pollution Air pollution is of pronounced concern in the media lately. Some of the effects of air pollution include the increase of carbon in the atmosphere which contributes to the global warming effect. The effects have been felt with record temperatures on the east coast and in the Midwestern United States this summer. One major contribution to the pollution is the use
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In California air pollution and overpopulation is a major problem facing our environment. In this case‚ our overpopulation adds to our air pollution‚ so it is a vicious cycle that only WE can break. This dilemma is harmful to every single living creature in our state. In this essay‚ I will attempt to identify the cause and effect of both air pollution and overpopulation in the western region. Also‚ we will look into some current issues we face with state government and how they plan to protect California’s
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Water and Air Pollution in Birmingham‚Al SCI 270 Environmental Science Jeffrey Snider November 2‚ 2005 Water and Air Pollution According to the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy website (2005)‚ Birmingham ranks #15 in the United States for haze pollution. Obviously this indicates that there is a very serious problem here. Birmingham is somewhat located in a valley coming off of Red Mountain located nearby. The location here leads to temperature inversions and therefore worsens the smog
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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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