Air pollution is one of the virtual problem nowadays. There are many reasons of it but mostly it is caused by cars‚ growing cities‚ development of economy and industrialization. Clean air consist of several gases. When some other gases or dangerous elements get into the clean air‚ pollution is inevitable. Ozone layer is affected too much by pollution and it will cause serious disturbances on the environment. People are the main cause of pollution because the things that we use contain dangerous
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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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CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT The effects of land pollution are far-ranging in the industrial age. The nature of the industrial revolution and the lack of a sustainable development model for industrial progress have allowed the creation of chemicals and products which may serve the idea of convenience or productivity or efficiency‚ however‚ the concept of environmental stewardship is largely an afterthought. This has led to long-lasting chemicals which persist in the environment and are
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Pollution - Environmental pollution is any discharge of material or energy into water‚ land‚ or air that causes or may cause acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term) detriment to the Earth ’s ecological balance or that lowers the quality of life. Pollutants may cause primary damage‚ with direct identifiable impact on the environment‚ or secondary damage in the form of minor perturbations in the delicate balance of the biological food web that are detectable only over long time periods. Until relatively
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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 problems in India There are three broad sources of air pollution from human activities: stationary or point‚ mobile‚ and indoor. In developing countries especially in the rural area‚ indoor air pollution from using open fires for cooking and heating may be a serious problem. Industries‚ power plants etc. are the cause of stationary air pollution. But in urban areas both developing and developed countries‚ it is predominately mobile or vehicular pollution that contributes to
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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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SCIENCE TERM PAPER: INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT. (A Case study of pesticides poisoning fish in Lake Naivasha). Introduction. Pollution may be defined as any direct or indirect alteration of the physical‚ thermal‚ biological or radioactive properties of the environment that creates an actual or potential hazard to the health safety or welfare of any living species. Also pollution may said to be any inserting of any foreign matter
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How to Stop Drug Trafficking In Our Country By: Gerald K. Wiley English 122 Ashford University Teacher: Elizabeth Hoyle March 25‚ 2011 The paper is to open people eyes about drug trafficking in our country. Where do you think the drugs are coming in from? Some say from Cuba. Others say from Mexico. I believe that the majority of drugs come from Mexico. It is okay to say that we cannot track down where all of the drugs are coming from but we can try to prevent our children‚ the next
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Environmental pollution is the biggest menace to the human race on this planet today. It means adding impurity to environment. The environment consists of earth‚ water‚ air‚ plants and animals. If we pollute them‚ then the existence of man and nature will be hampered. It is true that trees are being cut down rapidly. Our earth is becoming warmer. If pollution continues‚ the day is not far when our earth will be a boiling pan and become a desert. Or it will be covered with sea water causing destruction
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