Environmental pollution In this topic we are going to deal about different types of pollution and due to these types of pollution how our environment is facing disasters and calamities. Introduction: Environmental pollution can be defined as “the unfavorable alteration of our surroundings” Types of pollutants: 1. Bio degradable pollutants - decompose rapidly by natural processes. 2. Non-degradable pollutants-do not decompose or slowly decompose in the environment. Pollutions are different
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Salt Pollution As awareness for pollution increases‚ other forms of pollution are defined. Almost everyone knows about toxic waste and carbon dioxide pollution‚ but not many people have heard of salt pollution. Salt pollution has been on the increase since the evolution of the automobile. With more pressure on government agencies to keep the highway clear and safe‚ an increase in the use of salt has developed. It is important to understand why salt is used and how it work as well as the environmental
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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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Air Pollution Air is the most important element of life. For some ’air pollution‚’ let us give thanks. Dust and other particles in the atmosphere serve as nuclei about which raindrops form. But man has overloaded the sky. For centuries he has pumped particulate matter and gases into the atmosphere. As far back as 1661‚ a tract on air pollution was published in England: Fumifugium: or the Inconvenience of the Aer and Smoake of London Dissipated. Today much of the world suffers from the eye-smarting
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we witness different types of pollution all around us. Some of them may not damage our health in a direct manner but could be harmful after long term exposure. Water pollution is one of the biggest problems that faces modern society and is harmful to the health of humans and animals because it affects every living organism in this earth. This essay will talk about industrial pollution‚ Oil pollution‚ litter and sewage pollution. One of the main sources of pollution are industrial wastes‚ these
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1312 - 34 26 April 2013 Water Pollution: Pollutants & Solutions Imagine swimming out of a narrow cavern following a scrumptious meal‚ and you come to realize it was poisonous. You begin to drown as your life slowly fades right before your very eyes; this is not a frightening hallucination. Everyday‚ schools of fish are unaware that their meals are products of millions of tiny pieces of garbage‚ assimilated. This is one of the many consequences of water pollution‚ which is the contamination of
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One of the dilemmas concerning our environment is saving wild life creatures. Cutting down trees is killing their habitat and ways of living. How would you like it if someone came into your neighbourhood and started bulldozing the houses down? Many living species have died because of the habitat changes they have to go through. Many oceans and other water bound areas in the world are being polluted by human waste. It’s killing all water creatures and making water unsanitary. If you really think about
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Air Pollution * Pollutants enter the air from various sources‚ but burning of fossil fuels contributes the most to air pollution. * Exhaust fumes from vehicles contains soot (tiny carbon particles)‚ lead (from cars using unleaded petrol)‚ carbon monoxide‚ oxides of nitrogen and hydrocarbons due to the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels. * Burning of fossil fuels in the combustion engines of vehicles and electrical power stations also releases large amount of carbon dioxide into the
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Vehicular Pollution The majority of today’s pollution is caused by cars and trucks which are the largest single source of air pollution. With the great number of vehicles on the road we are headed toward smoggy skies and dirty air if we do nothing to help stop pollution. Everybody needs a vehicle that burns less fuel. The key to burning less fuel is to make more efficient vehicles and by putting that efficiency to work not letting it go to waste. Another good way to prevent air pollution is by combining
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Charles W. Adams BIO-220 Environmental Science 10/16/2011 Trent McDowell Great GCU title area‚ word count and page number. Water Pollution I. Introduction (your don ’t have to keep the outline format) Clean water is a necessity to have in order to support a healthy environment. Care must be taken to protect our water sources from chemical plants‚ businesses‚ cargo and cruise ships‚ and people so that humans‚ animals‚ and marine life can have clean water. II. Thesis Statement (this would
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