Main air pollutants and their sources Carbon Monoxide- motor cars‚ cigarettes‚ bush‚ forest and farm fires‚ slow combustion stoves Oxides of nitrogen (NO+NO2)- combustion (vehicles and power stations) Particulates (soot)- combustion (transport and industry)‚ many industrial processes (mining)‚ bush fires‚ farms and forest burn-offs‚ backyard incineration; abets in dust from insulation and pre-1986 fibrous cement board in old buildings and from their demolition Airborne lead- lead smelters (Broken
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NOISE POLLUTION: A SLOW POISON Whether knowingly or unknowingly‚ every one of us contributes to noise pollution‚ because most of our day-to-day activities generate some noise. Often neglected‚ noise pollution adversely affects the human being leading to irritation‚ loss of concentration‚ loss of hearing. Identify the sources of noise pollution. Once identified‚ the reason(s) for increased noise levels to be assessed. Now‚ efforts shall be made to reduce the undesired noise levels from (unwanted)
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Air pollution is a major environmental health problem affecting the developing and the developed countries alike. The effects of air pollution on health are very complex as there are many different sources and their individual effects vary from one to the other. It is not only the ambient air quality in the cities but also the indoor air quality in the rural and the urban areas that are causing concern. In fact in the developing world the highest air pollution exposures occur in the indoor environment
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Plastic Composition and Types of Plastic A plastic is made up principally of a binder together with plasticizers‚ fillers‚ pigments‚ and other additives. The binder gives a plastic its main characteristics and usually its name. Thus‚ polyvinyl chloride is both the name of a binder and the name of a plastic into which it is made. Binders may be natural materials‚ e.g.‚ cellulose derivatives‚ casein‚ or milk protein‚ but are more commonly synthetic resins. In either case‚ the binder materials consist
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Term Paper on Environmental Pollution Prepared by: Joeren S. Rapista Submitted to: Mrs. Nena Visto Environmental Pollution Introduction I – Environmental Pollution A. Definition B. History II – The kind of pollution and their effects A. Air Pollution B. Water Pollution C. Solid Waste Pollution D. Noise Pollution E. Lead Pollution Effects Solution Bibliography “What is Environmental Pollution?” With Philippine progress
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Material Appendix D Air Pollution Chart After reviewing Ch. 8 and 9 of your text‚ complete the following table‚ then respond to the questions that follow: Issue Sources Health/Environmental Effects Carbon dioxide (CO2) Greenhouse gas‚ Combustion of fossil‚ fuels such as coal‚ oil‚ gas in power plants as well as volcanoes. Also found in soft drinks Helps plants with photosynthesis also keeps the earth insulated. But also keeps the temperatures rising. Also cause global warming. Chlorofluorocarbons
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especially present in the tropical areas because of the poor economic conditions of the countries where big rainforests are located. The deforestation will affect the change of the global climate‚ the agriculture and water supply. Water scarcity will cause food scarcity‚ and all this will lead to high food prices‚ thus causing economic and political instability‚ especially in the developing countries. In order to have a sustainable development‚ we will have to replace our fossil-fuel-based system with
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Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals‚ particulates‚ biological materials‚ or other harmful materials into the Earth’s atmosphere‚ possibly causing disease‚ death to humans‚ damage to other living organisms such as food crops‚ or the natural or built environment. The atmosphere is a complex natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health as well as to the Earth’s
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place without causing major harm to the environment we live in (Kahn‚ Yardly 2007). While rapidly growing air pollution in China brought on by harmful factory production and out dated fueling methods has created an abundance of health inequalities as well as permanent damage to the surrounding ecosystems‚ the solution to these issues prove difficult to solve. With a communist styled
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Types And Causes Of Pollution The term pollution refers to the act of contaminating ones environment by introducing certain hazardous contaminants that disturb the ecosystem and directly or indirectly affect the living organisms of that ecosystem. Pollution in general is the activity of disturbing the natural system and balance of an environment. The increase in the pollution over the years by man has caused severe damage to the earth’s ecosystem. It is responsible for global warming which is leading
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