One thing I do not understand with the Flint water is why isn’t anything being done about it? Everyone had recognized that it is a health hazard and that it needs to be corrected. No one has not done a thing about it. Is it better to brush it under a rug and ignore the problem and have it manifest into something worse because that it the direction that we are heading in. With any water the people are forced to move any where else and that’s if they can afford it or not and the rest have to indulge
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I am writing to you today‚ asking if you would join me in trying to reduce pollution in the United States of America in 2017. Pollution is incredibly harmful to the environment‚ world‚ climate‚ and even space. Pollution damages our atmosphere which then creates acid rain and toxins in the air. The 2015 "State of the Air" report finds 52 percent of Americans live in counties with unhealthy levels of air pollution. Pollution starts with littering which can harm many things depending on where litter
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Environmental pollution The nature is the most wonderful thing in the world. It gives us its loveliness to enjoy and to admire. The nature provides us with its riches: water and air‚ soil‚ mineral resources‚ flora and fauna‚ forests and fields. Nowadays situation is very bad‚ but just someone understand it. It means that many species of flora and fauna have already disappeared or are disappearing because of harmful actions of people. People have always polluted their surroundings. But until
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Education I-A Submitted to: Mrs. Josefa Deyto Professor Pollution is said to be one of those problems that our environment is facing right now‚ due to its harmful effects to everyone and also to our atmosphere. We have different kinds or types of pollution; we have pollution in land‚ in water and in air. We all know that these came from pollutants which were produced by human. Some of these are wood burning to produce charcoal
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(SPM) Oxides of nitrogen (NOx) Hydrocarbons (HC) Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) 2005 Air Toxic Emissions from On-road Mobile Sources (Tox-weighted) Affects of Automobile Pollution 1. In India about 15-20 million people are asthmatic because of emission of automobile pollution. 2. N02 is a highly toxic gas and attacks the lungs causing lung cancer and emphysema. 3. Automobile pollutants interferes the development and functioning of the nervous system. 4. Some diseases
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Air Pollution Air pollution is very bad. We should regulate the excretion of air pollution from combustion engines and factories. Air pollution is contaminated air. It is both a health hazard and an environmental hazard. There are several ways how air pollution is bad‚ but there are also ways to help decontaminate or at least lower some of the pollution. Many people know about air pollution‚ but not everyone knows how hazardous it really is. According to the Environmental Protection Agency
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WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT PLASTIC POLLUTION Plastic bags and bottles‚ like all forms of plastic‚ create significant environmental and economic burdens. They consume growing amounts of energy and other natural resources‚ degrading the environment in numerous ways. In addition to using up fossil fuels and other resources‚ plastic products create litter‚ hurt marine life‚ and threaten the basis of life on earth. We are producing over 25 million tons of plastics per year in the United States‚ a trivial
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H A B I T A T INTL. Vol. 19‚ No. 3‚ pp. 279-292‚ 1995 Pergamon Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in Great Britain 0197-3975/95 $9.50 + 0.00 0197-3975(94)00071-9 Sustainable Development and the Construction Industry* ROBIN SPENCE and HELEN MULLIGANt Cambridge University‚ UK and tCambridge Architectural Research Limited‚ UK ABSTRACT The construction industry‚ together with the materials industries which support it‚ is one of the major global exploiters of natural resources‚ both physical
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Ocean pollution Hannah Waddell Ocean pollution is a growing problem and affects people as well. It is a growing problem that needs to be stopped and controlled immediately. Taking care of our water will be beneficial for our long-term survival. If we put off this problem any longer‚ the prices will only escalade even higher. We need water to survive and the ocean is one of the greatest water suppliers. The actions we take or do not take will affect the future in either a negative or a positive
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Did you know that most of the ocean pollution comes from us? This pollution can hurt the ocean animals and it will affect the food that we eat. Some of the most worst ocean pollution is untreated sewage dumped into the ocean‚ toxic chemical‚ and oil spills. The sewage gets into the ocean because of sewage pipes that break or leak. This is a problem because the sewage makes to much algae‚ and it will remove the oxygen. Around 80% of the sewage that is in the ocean is untreated. To help stop sewage
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