[Date Place INDOOR AIR POLLUTION Children’s Health and the Environment WHO Training Package for the Health Sector World Health Organization www.who.int/ceh July 2008 version 1 Indoor Air Pollution Indoor LEARNING OBJECTIVES LEARNING TO UNDERSTAND‚ RECOGNIZE AND KNOW: Hazards of indoor air pollution to children’s health Different toxicants in indoor air‚ according to sources‚ settings and activities Characteristics and issues relating to indoor air pollution in industrialized
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Environmental protection 1 Environmental protection Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the natural environment on individual‚ organizational or governmental levels‚ for the benefit of the natural environment and humans. Due to the pressures of population and technology‚ the biophysical environment is being degraded‚ sometimes permanently. This has been recognized‚ and governments have begun placing restraints on activities that cause environmental degradation. Since the 1960’s
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caused and is going to continue cause a fall in FDI in Asian countries. In the following paragraphs‚ the role of FDI in the rise of Asia and the impact of global recession on future FDI in these Asian countries would be described in detail. And several examples such as Korea‚ Vietnam and China would be made to support the description. 1. Role of FDI in the rise of Asia: The past two decades have witness a significant economic growth in many Asian countries with a development of their foreign investment
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03/10/2012 Evolution de cette zone pacifique‚ dès origines jusqu’à la 2ème Guerre Mondiale. Pacific region : APEC‚ Asia‚ Australia‚ New Zealand‚ Aborigines‚ surf‚ beaches‚ kangaroos‚ Islands‚ Hawaii (-> Pearl Harbor)‚ biggest ocean in the world. Pacific (zone‚ area) ocean‚ Asia pacific‚ pacific rim countries. Origin of the name ‘Pacific’: 1521 Magellan coined the word‚ he thought the ocean was calm that came as a mistake. Ancient maps: Pacific Ocean/ south sea Bougainville‚ la Perouse‚
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AIR POLLUTION [pic] Introduction The earth’s atmosphere‚ at or near sea level‚ consists approximately of 78 percent nitrogen‚ 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other gases. If it were possible to remain in this state‚ 100 percent clean air would result. However‚ many varied sources allow other gases and particulates to mix with the clean air‚ causing our atmosphere to become unclean or polluted. Some of these pollutants are visible while others are invisible‚ with each
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used in the study of air pollution are introduced. lsointroduced are a brief history of air pollution‚ its regulation‚ and trends of its ambient concentrations and emissions. Keywords: Anthropogenic‚ biogenic‚ geogenic emissions biogenic‚; primary and secondary pollutants; criteria‚ hazardous‚ radioactive‚ indoor pollutants; sulfur smog‚ photochemical smog; UN-ECE‚ US-EPA‚ Clean Air Act. Air pollution spreads easily as it travels into the atmosphere. People get exposed to air pollution not just
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earth is the only planet in the universe which has an environment suitable for life. Water‚ land‚ and air are needed for survival. Earth provided these essential and human used them. One of the biggest problems that the enviroment is serious pollution. Pollution can be divided into three types : water pollution‚ land pollution‚ and air pollution. Paragraph 3: Another type of pollution is which has a remarkable influence on over environment is air pollution. Every year‚ there are a lot of smoke which
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No.: |1 | |Degree Title: |Asia Pacific Business | |Question No. & Title: |2. Has state played a leading role in upgrading technologies in the | | |Asia Pacific? Answer with reference to relevant theories and use | | |comparative country and/or corporate examples
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What are the different types of air pollution? How does each of these types of air pollution affect human health and the environment? What some ways to control air pollution? Industrial smog is the black-brown colored haze that is in the air that can be seen over some cities. It is mostly visible in the summer. Burning coal produces sulfur dioxide (SO2) that eventually ends up into our atmosphere. Photochemical Smog is air pollution containing ozone and other reactive chemical compounds formed
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The Environmental Impact 95 percent of electronic waste is recyclable. However‚ unregulated recycling can cause more harm to the environment than landfilling. While many companies‚ such as Apple‚ have safe and effective recycling programs‚ the majority of recycling companies export some percentage of their electronic waste to China or poor countries in Africa‚ where the waste is “recycled‚” or destroyed and stripped of its valuable metals. Though this seems like a good thing on the surface‚ because
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