Causes * Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals‚ particulate matter‚ or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms‚ or damages the natural environment into the atmosphere * The atmosphere is a complex dynamic 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 ecosystems. Natural sources
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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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Pollution: A Menace to the World With every tick of the clock‚ changes of all sorts take place in all the corners of the world. They happen almost simultaneously with split second apart from each other. Looking back‚ is this still the very same planet on which are ancestors set their feet? Has man abused nature so much that the face of the earth has totally changed? In the course of our progress‚ humanity‚ as a whole‚ gradually forgets the responsibility of protecting mother
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The global warming is now becoming a serious concern to the world. One of the main reasons of this problem is human activities; they pollute their surrounding environment like noise‚ land‚ water‚ and air. This essay will illustrate three important ways to cut down air pollution. The first necessary way to solve this problem is to reduce the using of vehicles. People should change from travel by their own car or motorbike to travel by public transportation such as taxies‚ buses‚ or trains. Likely
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LECTURE NOTES For Environmental Health Science Students Air Pollution Mengesha Admassu‚ Mamo Wubeshet University of Gondar In collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative‚ The Carter Center‚ the Ethiopia Ministry of Health‚ and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education August 2006 Funded under USAID Cooperative Agreement No. 663-A-00-00-0358-00. Produced in collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative‚ The Carter Center‚ the Ethiopia Ministry of
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winter. Buy green electricity-produced by low-or even zero-pollution facilities. Connect your outdoor lights to a timer or use solar lighting. Wash clothes with warm or cold water instead of hot. Lower the thermostat on your water heater to 120F. Use low-VOC or water-based paints‚ stains‚ finishes‚ and paint strippers. Test your home for radon-a dangerous‚ radioactive gas that is odorless and tasteless. If the test shows elevated levels of radon‚ the problem can be fixed cost effectively. Visit
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of Air Pollution on Human Health Yinghua Cui English 151B - 11 Instructor Terry Taskey May 2‚ 2012 The Effect of Air Pollution on Human Health With the booming of science and technology‚ pollution has aroused wide public concern. Industrial civilization creates tremendous fortune. At the same time‚ automobile exhaust ‚ the burning of waste‚ and a multitude of waste gas is discharged into the atmosphere. Humans live depend on air. Therefore‚ it is undeniable that air pollution
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Cincinnati Water and Air Pollution Plan April 1‚ 2007 Air and water pollution has long been a concern in the major cities of the United States but our concern should not end there. Other cities and even small towns are suffering from the effects of pollution. Cincinnati‚ Ohio is a city with very poor air and water quality from pollution so a plan is needed to reverse these effects and restore health to the ecosystem and human life. The term air pollution is used quite often‚ but what
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Traffic congestion CHETHAN KUMAR VENKATESH (@02659270)‚ DEEPAK N‚ ANUSH J Traffic has been growing at a tremendous pace over the years‚ and is not expected to slow down in the future. It is estimated that congestion causes 4 billion hours of travel delays a year. Traffic congestion is a major problem through out the world today not only in the developed countries but also in the all the developing countries. Traffic congestion is one of the major problems that we are facing today. It is due to many
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role of world cities and their operation in global networks. ___________________________________________________________________________ Introduction A world city is a large city that has outstripped its national urban network and has become part of an international global system. They have become powerful nodal points for the multiplicity of linkages‚ and interconnections that sustain the contemporary world economies‚ social and political systems. The result is a new world system of cities acting
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