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    Hossain Descriptive Essay July 2‚ 2013 The Ocean The ocean‚ from the Pacific to the Atlantic and the Indian to the Artic‚ is a vast and enchanting part of our world. The oceans of this world cover more than sixty six percent and that number is steadily rising. There are so many facets of the ocean that are yet to be discovered‚ but as someone who lives fifteen minutes away from a beach‚ it is hard not to be intoxicated by the allure that the ocean draws. Oceans have their own smell‚ feel‚ taste and sound

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    BIGGER AND BETTER IN PLASTICS Factory-assembled towers boast competitive advantages over those that are field-erected Cooling towers – bastions of wood‚ fiberglass‚ steel or concrete – could someday go the way of galvanized pipe‚ aluminum cable and other equipment that has been materially altered by plastics. It’s not that plastic cooling towers are new; on the contrary‚ they have been around for more than 30 years. Rather‚ it is the fabrication of these plastic structures in larger

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    Polymer technology explained using text and animations Multimedia Design and Technology Education Plastics Technology Animations of Processes This “Plasics Module” covers the plastics technology specifications for KS3 and GCSE courses‚ including:  Structure‚ composition and properties of polymers  Polymer composites  Formulae of common polymers  Hazards – polymers leaching chemicals  Sustainability  Recycling  Abbreviations of polymers          

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    Plastic Polution

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    5/23/2012 Plastic Pollution • History • Quantities • Marine life • Toxicity • Research • Solutions FOR A PRIZE Precautionary Principle (in this context) • When/If an action or choice has the potential to be harmful to ourselves or the environment‚ that action should be avoided. 1955 Life article“Throwaway Living” AMRF How is plastic made? Nurdles Pre-production plastic pellets 1 5/23/2012 Ballona Creek after a rainstorm Why should a disposable product outlast

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    recycling of plastics bringing any long-term benefits to the environment? Plastics are one of the most popular building materials of modern human culture‚ but its widespread has brought many problems and caused environmental issues of extraordinary scale. Throughout the years‚ discarded plastics are accumulating as debris in landfills and in natural habitats worldwide. To control this issue‚ governments of many countries have established industrial processes for transforming discarded plastic into useful

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    Water Pollution: Causes‚ Effects‚ and Prevention What would you say the most valuable thing on earth is? Many people would quickly answer that something with monetary value‚ like oil or gold‚ would be the most valuable thing on earth. However‚ humans are able to live‚ and have lived‚ without utilizing these things for many years. There is a thing that every living being‚ creature‚ and plant on earth could not survive without. It is one of our most basic needs‚ and yet we take it for granted so

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    POLLUTION EFFCTS‚ CAUSES AND SOLUTION Good morning to the present gathering today I stand before you to speak on the topic INCREASING POLLUTION CAUSES AND SOLUTION NATURE IS BOUNTIFUL TO SPOIL IT‚ IS BANEFUL NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL TO POLLUTE IT‚ ITS SINFUL! As you all know‚ what sustains life on Earth. It’s a thin cover of air‚ we breathe‚ water elixir of life‚ the food and shelter we get is the blessing of trees and plants which constitute the environment we live in. But unfortunately owing to the

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    perfectly maintained. Then why do we fail to keep our environment clean; maintenance of which is far more vital as compared to our home? The term pollution means addition of any substance which alters the quality of the environment. Substances which cause pollution or alter the natural quality of the air‚ water and soil are called pollutants. Hence‚ pollution may be defined as the ‘contamination of the environment that causes harm to the health and survival of humans and other living organisms’. Therefore

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    chemicals in animal and human food and alternatives to pollution are also discussed in this book. I would use this book to show the political side and their contribution to pollution. Barnes‚ Vincent Joseph. Global Warming & Corporate Power in Collision. Canada: Self Published‚ 2008. pg.14-16. This article talks about the size of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that’s in the North Pacific Ocean. It also explains how 80% of the debris is plastic that floats for hundreds of miles until it’s caught

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    Ocean dumping Ocean Dumping The practice of ocean dumping should be banned. Marine pollution is at the heart of interest in today’s search for a clean environment. Not only does ocean dumping add to the unsightliness of the once beautiful and pristine waters; it also kills the marine life which inhabits those waters. Pollution on a grand-scale is wreaking havoc on the Earth. The ocean is not an exception. In 1996‚ a bill‚ which would ban the dumping of dredge spoils in the Long Island Sound‚ was

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