THE GOVERNMENT AND POLLUTION Pollution is a very tough topic in today’s market and in my personal opinion; Government should intervene for the following reason. Let’s take the example of a company that manufactures blue jeans at a factory location on a river. The problem is that‚ as a byproduct of its manufacturing operations‚ the factory dumps chemical pollutants into the river. But no single person or entity owns the river water‚ so there is no one to force the company to stop polluting. Moreover
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is air pollution‚water pollution and land pollution in the form of both sight and sound pollution.In group‚discuss the main contributors to the different types of pollution and how they affect the environment. Task A Candidate A:You believe that air pollution is the most critical type of pollution.Explain what causes this type of pollution and its consequences Candidate B:You believe that water pollution is the most critical type of pollution. Explain what causes this type of pollution and its
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contaminated water. The World Health Organization estimates that 80% of all sickness and disease in developing countries is due to unsafe water. As water pollution is one of the most widespread problems and it has deadly effects‚ I chose this topic. Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans and groundwater). Water pollution occurs when pollutants are discharged directly or indirectly into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds. The project
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Topic: The causes and effects of air pollution Air pollution is a serious problem facing by many countries now. Air pollution is the presence of abnormal concentration and abnormal constituents in air. The quality of the air has been deteriorating in urban areas‚ we hard to get a healthy life with fresh air. The air is being polluted by smoke‚ harmful gasses‚ dust articles and others. Therefore‚ there are three main factors that caused air pollution which are exhaust gases from cars‚ uncontrolled
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Water Pollution SCI/275 Artina Houston September 27‚ 2010 Aimee Pellet Water pollution is when a body of water is adversely affected due to the addition of large amounts of materials to the water. (www.imbgnet.net) There are four types of water pollutions and I’m going to describe each one of them. I’m also going to tell you the solutions that I can up with and how I’m going to get the government and people involved to help. It is a lot of things that we don’t know about water pollution
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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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THERMAL POLLUTION It is one of the pollution that effects on living things and the environment badly. The definition of thermal pollution is the degradation of water quality by any process that changes ambient water temperature. A common cause of thermal pollution is the use of water as a coolant by power plants and industrial manufacturers. When water used as a coolant is returned to the natural environment at a higher temperature‚ the change in temperature decreases oxygen supply‚ and affects ecosystem composition
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Water pollution is when the water in lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans‚ and other bodies of water is contaminated. Humans are the main cause for polluting the water. The countries that are most affected by water pollution are: India – The Ganges River China – The Yellow River Central Asia – Amu and Syr Darya Rivers Nepals – Most of the Rivers Pacific Islands Australia Water pollution affects ones physical and emotional health since without drinking water we cannot survive and if the water is polluted
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unfrozen fresh water is found mainly as groundwater‚ with only a small fraction present above ground or in the air. However‚ water is now being heavily polluted by nobody else but human. So what are the causes and effects of water pollution? The causes of water pollution vary. However‚ we can sum them up in to two groups: One is direct causes and the other is indirect causes. The direct causes are what are dumped directly into water bodies‚ such as raw sewage‚ household waste or chemicals. In developing
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industrial country. And the industry who is responsible for the pollution. Most of the industries are not follow the rules of the law. I.2 Origin of the report: To know the current situation of the industrial pollution. To know what are the reason behind this. Why the industry through their waste in to the open field? To understand the problem of the pollution. I.3 Objective of the report: To know the current situation of pollution problem. To understand the thinking of the people. To solve
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