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    Noise Pollution

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    and think carefully in a quiet place. Noise Pollution can be defined as unwanted or offensive sound that unreasonably intrude into our daily activities. In urban areas noise pollution is everywhere‚ whether we like it or not this is part of everyday life. If the ears was irritated to the sound it is called noise. This is defined a form of air pollution that is audible unwanted sound that poses a threat to a person’s health and well- being. This pollution has many sources from different things such

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    Factory Pollution

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    Factories‚ while producing industry and food for human consumption‚ contribute to the pollution of the environment. The waste that results from factory production often ends up in the soil and subsequently in streams and rivers. Waste also contaminates the air‚ contributing to smog‚ poor air quality and acid rain. Waste can also originate from farms thousands of animals kept in small confines produce a vast amount of waste‚ which enters the surrounding soil and water supply. This is why I

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    Air Pollution

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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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    Water Pollution

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    availability of fresh water and its unequal distribution make water pollution a matter of great concern. Water pollution is generally localized and confined‚ making it more severe. The pollutants undergo many reactions and can become hazardous. 70 % of India’s fresh water is polluted‚ including several high altitude lakes. While water pollution is easier to study and manage‚ its control is highly complex and very costly. Water pollution is defined as presence of any foreign substance (organic‚ inorganic

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    Water Pollution

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    The Water Pollution on Our Earth If we watch news now‚ sometimes they talk about our environment. They say that our environment is very worrying and needs the attention from us. One of our environments is water. Water is a vital necessity for us to fulfill the daily needs such as cooking‚ bathing‚ washing and the others else. We usually hear that some big city have a problem with their water‚ some area in many country occur drought‚ and many people compete to get clean water. We often ask in our

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    Pollution In China

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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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    Lorenzo's Oil

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    Versace Devine Chemistry 2A 9/10/2013 Lorenzo’s Oil Lorenzo’s Oil is a 1992 American drama film directed by George Miller. It is based on the true story about a child afflicted with the illness adrenileukodystrophy or known as ALD. Augusto Daniel Odone and Michaela Teresa Murphy Odone are the parents of Lorenzo Oden ‚ They became famous for discovering a treatment using Lornzo’s oil ‚ for their son’s incurable illness. ALD is passed from parents to their children as an X-linked genetic

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    Noise Pollution

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    Noise Pollution Noise pollution is not a necessary price to pay for living in an industrial society. Much can be done to reduce the severity of the problem. For example‚ vehicles and other machines can be built to produce less noise. Four-cycle engines can replace much noisier two-cycle engines in such products as lawnmowers‚ motorboats‚ and jet skis. Labels that indicate the noise levels of appliances and tools can help consumers avoid noisy products and choose quieter alternatives. Even

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    Jing   1   Air  Pollution  in  Northern  China   Section  18          April  07‚  2013   Student  Name:  Yue  Jing   The  latest  air  quality  readings  released  by  the  U.S.  Embassy  in  central  Beijing   in  April  show  that  the  air  has  slightly  improved‚  dropping  from  the  off-­‐chart  517  on   January  29th  to  average  100-­‐200  according  to  the  air  quality

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    Plastic Pollution

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    clothing‚ packaging‚ automobiles‚ electronics‚ aircrafts‚ medical supplies‚ and recreational items. The list could go on and on and it is obvious that much of what we have today would not be possible without plastics. Introdution of plastic pollution Plastic is one of the few new chemical materials which pose environmental problem. Polyethylene‚ polyvinyl chloride‚ polystyrene is largely used in the manufacture of plastics. Synthetic polymers are easily molded into complex shapes‚ have high

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