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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Introduction In China‚ an increasing population and rapid economic growth as well as lax environmental oversight have increased water pollution. Therefore‚ deterioration of drinking water quality continues to be a major problem. Continuous emissions from manufacturing are the largest contributor to lowered drinking quality across the country. China’s major river systems exhibit the scope of the problem. Perhaps 70 percent of their water is so polluted that it has been deemed unsafe for human contact
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UNDERSTANDING NOISE POLLUTION Most of us are very used to the sounds we hear in everyday life. Loud music‚ the television‚ people talking on their phone‚ the traffic and even pets barking in the middle of the night. All of these have become a part of the urban culture and rarely disturb us. However‚ when the sound of the television keeps you from sleeping all night or the traffic starts to give you a headache‚ it stops becoming just noise and start turning into noise pollution. For many of us‚ the
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1312 - 34 26 April 2013 Water Pollution: Pollutants & Solutions Imagine swimming out of a narrow cavern following a scrumptious meal‚ and you come to realize it was poisonous. You begin to drown as your life slowly fades right before your very eyes; this is not a frightening hallucination. Everyday‚ schools of fish are unaware that their meals are products of millions of tiny pieces of garbage‚ assimilated. This is one of the many consequences of water pollution‚ which is the contamination of
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Pollution and Society *By Osanyinpeju* Aisha We all know that pollution in our world effects two essential aspects of our planet: air and water. Although their pollutants are emitted in completely different ways‚ they both harm living organisms. Air pollution is predominately emitted though the exhaust of motor vehicles and the combustion of fossil fuels‚ whereas water pollution is the result of industrial waste and environmental accidents. Our society knows that pollution is harmful and a serious
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Loutfi Environmental education Pollution I. Definition Pollution occurs when pollutants contaminate the natural surroundings; which brings about changes that affect our normal lifestyles adversely. II. Why it is dangerous? Pollution disturbs our ecosystem and the balance in the environment. With modernization and development in our lives pollution has reached its peak; giving rise to global warming and human illness. III. Types & Causes of Pollution A. Air pollution It occurs when any harmful
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CASE STUDY ON POLLUTION IN VELLORE: SOURCES AND MEASURES TO CHECK IT. SOURCES AND METHODS TO REDUCE POLLUTION IN VELLORE Shraddha Sahu and Akshay Ahuja B.tech- Electronics and communication Engg.‚ SENSE‚ VIT UNIVERSITY‚ Vellore‚ Tamil Nadu – 632014 Email id- shraddha.sahu2012@vit.ac.in ABSTRACT: Vellore‚ also known as ‘fort city’ and a historical destination in southernmost India ‚ is one of the
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Ocean Pollution “Over 80% of marine pollution comes from land-based activities” (WWF‚ May 4‚ 2006‚ p.1). The rest comes from ocean-based activities. Different types of pollution enter the ocean each year. The major pollutants are oil‚ toxic materials‚ and debris. These materials not only pollute the ocean‚ but they also affect the marine life. Before the 1970s there were no laws to prevent and stop people from dumping pollutants into the ocean. Since the early 1970s many laws and regulations
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“POVERTY AND POLLUTION” In the Article Poverty and Pollution‚ there are many things being discuss such as poverty‚ pollution‚ harmful gases‚ the percentage of infant mortality and how nearly 13‚000 suffer from respiratory disease. Many residents are suffering from different/variety of health problem as an result. These problems are very serious and dangerous. The people over in Brazil’s “valley of death” are having difficulties breathing and could die if there’s nothing done about the situation
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environmental consequence. Relatively lenient environmental policies in the developing countries may give them a comparative advantage in pollution intensive goods‚ and openness to trade and foreign direct investment might harm the host country’s environment. This study examines the relationship between the scale of foreign direct investment and local air pollution in China and suggests that the opposite might be true. Trade and foreign direct investment could have beneficial effect on a developing
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