Refuse single-use and disposable plastics The facts Plastic is forever Plastic creates toxic pollution at every stage of its existence: manufacture‚ use‚ and disposal. Plastic is a material that the Earth cannot digest. Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists‚ including the small amount that has been incinerated and has become toxic particulate matter. Plastic poisons our food chain In the environment‚ plastic breaks down into small particles that attract toxic chemicals
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people die each year just from drinking polluted water? Well‚ that’s a true fact! There are three main reasons that we need to prevent water pollution. Humans and animals can become poisoned‚ we are harming our environment‚ and the last reason is because of the amount of organisms dying. Can you believe that this all happens just because of water pollution? First‚ we will focus on humans and animals being poisoned. When humans and animals drink water that is contaminated they can become sick. One
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Environmental Pollution at Hindustan Lever’s Kodaikanal Plant In mid-2004‚ Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) executives looked back at the events of the past three years at their mercury thermometer factory in Kodaikanal in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. After mercury leakage from the plant had been reported in March 2001‚ heavy expenditure had been incurred in environmental risk assessment‚ waste disposal and health monitoring. The expenditure had exceeded the total profits generated by the plant
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Air pollution Air pollution is a problem everywhere in the world. Local air pollution usually affects big cities. Air pollution becomes a worldwide problem when local pollution moves away from where it came from. For example‚ winds carry air pollution made in the middle of the western part of the United States to Canada‚ like acid precipitation. Acid precipitation Acid precipitation is precipitation‚ like rain‚ sleet‚ or snow‚ that contains acids from air pollution. When fossil fuels are burned
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Natural Disasters Natural disasters affect many people in the world. Over 31‚849‚838 number of people have died from natural disasters since 1900. A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard including tornadoes‚ tsunamis‚ and earthquakes and more. Those natural disasters can lead to financial‚ environmental‚ and human losses. The ten deadliest natural disasters of the past century in order are the China Floods in 1931‚ the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976‚ the Bhola Cyclone in 1970‚ the Haiyuan
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encapsulates as much horror‚ misery‚ helplessness and doom as the term “Natural Disaster”. A natural disaster is any event of force of nature that is caused by environmental factors that has catastrophic consequences. Every year they not only decimate thousands of people and their properties but end entire blood lines. These calamities wreak havoc in the part of the world it chooses to act upon. Over the centuries various types of natural disasters or “Acts of god” have stolen human lives. Several criterions
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White Pollution According to Oxford English Dictionary‚ the pollution means "spiritual or moral corruption (4th cent)‚" but the meaning of "white pollution" is very different. For people who does not know Chemistry very well and people who is not recycling‚ they will not have a idea what is white pollution. In addition‚ they will not know how harmful the white pollution is to the Earth. Actually‚ the white pollution means that the plastic things‚ like plastic bottle‚ plastic bags‚ plastic silverware
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Water Pollution All around the world‚ countries are fighting to keep their water clean. Whether it’s streams‚ rivers‚ lakes‚ or the ocean‚ countries have taken great measures to maintain a high quality of water for both human consumption and as a key component to the environment. We deal with the pollution problems and then decide on ways to clean it up. This valuable resource is the key to survival. Both plants and animals depend on water for their growth‚ so the water must be kept clean
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today I would like to discuss about our world is not a safe place to living in anymore. My opinion is because of environmental pollution. Nowadays‚ we always receive news about pollution. Everytime when we read newspaper at least we will have three or four reported environmental pollution in Malaysia. It is just in Malaysia‚ how about all over the world? Environmental pollution has become a major issue over the years and one of the biggest problems the world faces today. It is an issue that troubles
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MARINE POLLUTION Between 1976 and 1996 a total of 4647 incidents resulted in the spill of approximately 2‚369‚470 barrels of oil into the environment. In addition‚ between 1997 and 2001‚ Nigeria also recorded a total number of 2‚097 oil spill incidents. Nigeria’s largest spill was an offshore well-blow out in January 1980 when an estimated 200‚000 barrels of oil (8.4million US gallons) spilled into the Atlantic Ocean from an oil industry facility and that damaged 340 hectares of mangrove (Nwilo
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