What Is Soil Pollution? [pic] What Is Soil Pollution? Soil pollution results from the build up of contaminants‚ toxic compounds‚ radioactive materials‚ salts‚ chemicals and cancer-causing agents. The most common soil pollutants are hydrocarbons‚ heavy metals (cadmium‚ lead‚ chromium‚ copper‚ zinc‚ mercury and arsenic)‚ herbicides‚ pesticides‚ oils‚ tars‚ PCBs and dioxins. Until the 1970s‚ there was little talk of soil pollution and its devastating effects. In the 1980s‚ the U.S. Superfund was
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overused and many people think that it’s just pure advertising but it is completely necessary and important. Industrial pollution means contamination due to industries. Industry contributes to many types of pollutants to the environment. They are mainly in gas‚ water‚ and solid forms and they can cause severe problems to the bio systems. Industries are the main problem of pollution because people buy products that factories produce. Factories generate pollutants divided into three major categories
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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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causes air pollution and why is it bad? Well‚ many things can cause air pollution‚ but most air pollution comes from motor vehicles like cars; burning wastes; industry and power plants; and heating buildings. Natural disasters‚ like forest fires and volcano eruptions‚ can cause air pollution‚ too. Whenever fossil fuels are burned‚ like when gasoline burns inside a car engine‚ pollutants like dust‚ soot‚ carbon dioxide‚ and sulfur oxide can fill up the surrounding air. Exposure to air pollution can bother
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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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STUDY GUIDE: OBJECTIVES Chapters 17 and 18: Air Pollution and Global Climate Change You will be quizzed on information provided on this handout. THIS IS NOT A HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT!! VOCABULARY: see next page A Word Wall must be made from one of these words (vocabulary list) for this Chapter’s Quiz. Due on the date of the quiz. OBJECTIVES: 1. Be familiar with material from all previous chapters. 2. How are primary and secondary pollutants different? Give an example of each. 3.
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AIR POLLUTION [pic] Introduction The earth’s atmosphere‚ at or near sea level‚ consists approximately of 78 percent nitrogen‚ 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other gases. If it were possible to remain in this state‚ 100 percent clean air would result. However‚ many varied sources allow other gases and particulates to mix with the clean air‚ causing our atmosphere to become unclean or polluted. Some of these pollutants are visible while others are invisible‚ with each
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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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Whats that smell? Do you know what that smell is‚ its the smell of pollution. This planet is becoming very polluted and it is destroying a lot of aqua environments. In the water‚ there are a lot of diseases from littering ‚ which makes the water nasty and horrid. There are also many ways that the water is getting polluted. This is becoming an issue in waterways‚ especially rivers‚ lakes‚ and the oceans. Also‚ a lot of the trash on the ground can make illnesses. This is also becoming
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of only because it has always been there. In this paper I plan on informing people of the issues that have and still are taking place in our world‚ and I plan on informing everyone of a solution to prevent this issues from continuing. “Although Earth has plenty of water‚ about 97% of it is salty and not consumable by most terrestrial organisms.” “Water experts predict the in 2025; more than one-third of the human population will live in areas where there isn’t enough fresh water for drinking and
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