Air pollution Name: Sean Lim Class: 1E HAZE IN MALAYSIA KUALA LUMPUR — The haze situation in Malaysia has improved significantly as air pollutant index (API) levels drop in Port Klang and in other areas in Selangor as well as in Perak. The highest API for the 7am reading today (June 26) is 148 at Nilai in Negeri Sembilan. Port Klang’s API dropped from the hazardous levels of 487 yesterday to 140 this morning. Meanwhile‚ Kuala Lumpur’s API reading stands at 100
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Nowadays‚ water pollution is a big problem in Vietnam and many researchers have been studying it. Accordingly‚ there are two main reasons of water pollution in Vietnam. The weakness in industrial wastewater management is the main cause of water pollution in Vietnam. Many industrial facilities use freshwater to carry away waste from their plants into canals‚ rivers‚ and lakes. Most of the enterprises don’t have any wastewater treatment system and many industrial zones don’t have a central wastewater
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Air pollution affects health in many ways with both short-term and long-term effects. Different groups of individuals are affected by air pollution in various ways - Some individuals are much more sensitive than others. People with health problems such as asthma‚ heart and lung disease also suffer more when the air is polluted. Some chemicals are more dangerous than others. They harm people in different ways (Health impacts‚ nd). New research found smog in Christchurch air pollution thickens
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Life in most big cities is disgusting and we often hear people complain that they are sick of crammed‚ cribbed and confined life of big cities.Life here is artificial and completely cut off from nature.For the eternal romantic‚ it is the last place he would like to be in..In the glare of the neon tubes‚he would forget the sun‚ the moon and the stars.Few people enjoy life in a city as it deprives us of an inner calm and ecstasy ‚ in spite of all the amenities of modern life that it provides.
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Environment Pollution in Dhaka City Dhaka City: Dhaka is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. With its colorful history and rich cultural traditions‚ Dhaka is known the world over as the city of served as the Mega capital of Bengal from 1608 to 1704. Before coming under British rule in 1765‚ it was a trading center for British‚ French‚ and Dutch colonialism. In 1905 it was again named the capital of Bengal. And in 1956 it became the capital of East Pakistan. During the liberation war
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Title : AIR POLUTION Air Pollution is anything that goes into the air that is harmful. Most air pollution is manmade. The largest contributor to air pollution is the burning of fossil fuels such as gas and coal. Air pollution can also be said is the accumulation in the atmosphere of substances that‚ in sufficient concentrations‚ endanger human health or produce other measured effects on living matter and other materials. Among the major sources of air pollution are power and heat generation
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1) Make a promise to protect clean air. Nearly 37 million children live in areas with unhealthy polluted air‚ and many pollution- associated illnesses have been on the rise. Yet polluters and their allies in Congress have been fighting efforts to reduce toxic industrial pollution and are trying to weaken existing clean air protections. That’s why NRDC has joined other public health‚ advocacy and environmental organizations in the "Clean Air Promise‚" a national campaign to protect the health of
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Pontificia universidad católica madre y maestra Escuela de arquitectura Redacción académica Prof. marianela belliard Cause/effect essay: Main causes of noise pollution Tesady Ramírez Martínez 2010-5580 11/03/2014 Main causes of noise pollution Many people deal with loud or constant noise on a daily basis. Sources of noise are many‚ but it is always higher in urban and industrial areas than the rural one. We can se this in the industries that expose their workers to high noise for
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“Effects of Air Pollution in Children” Ashley Hines SOC 120 Brooke Fishinghawk 07/05/10 “Effects of Air Pollution in Children” Air pollution is the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more contaminants such as dust‚ fumes‚ gas‚ mist‚ odor‚ smoke‚ or vapor in quantities and of characteristics and duration such as to be injurious to human‚ plant‚ animal life‚ or to property(wikipedia). The presence of pollutants in the outdoor air contributes to numerous health effects ranging
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Air pollution is one of the most critical environmental problems today. Every day‚ the air in the atmosphere is becoming increasingly polluted‚ and toxic for human consumption. Pollution not only harms the environment but also poses a threat to human health. According to world health organization‚ air pollution has been linked to almost seven million deaths in one out of every eight people. In fact‚ several people are developing detrimental illnesses‚ a difficulty breathing‚ lung cancer and various
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