materials that do not affect the environment. Nowadays expertise‚ companies and government are working hard on the generation of mechanisms and techniques to avoid and diminish environmental contamination. However‚ green technology has some disadvantages that do not allow people to afford it‚ and support more this environmental cause. The origin of the use of green technology start when according to Walsh‚ Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to force those drivers to go hybrid before New York City ever
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those two things. Nowadays‚ however‚ the word "smog" refers more loosely to any mixture of air pollutants‚ including gas and fine particles that congregate in the air‚ usually around populated areas. Smog can cause health problems and is a serious environmental issue. Causes Traditionally smog came from the smoke produced by burning coal in factories and house stoves. That is what caused the smog that Victorian London was infamous for. In modern times‚ smog is "photochemical air pollution" caused
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limits on industrial units‚ such as power or chemical plants. Under this law the EPA sets limits on how much of a pollutant can be in the air anywhere in the United States. It also guarantees that all Americans have equal basic health and environmental defenses. The law allows individual states to have stronger pollution management‚ but states are not permitted to weaken pollution controls than those set for the entire country. The immense amount of deaths can be prevented‚ or even better‚ eliminated
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rural areas. In spite of economic growth and improvement of basic facilities‚ cities‚ especially in developing countries‚ suffer from negative consequences of urbanization and postindustrialization. It is evident that modern cities are featured by environmental degradation‚ worsening of water quality and shortages of housing. This essay will focus on the air pollution and water pollution caused by urbanization. These harmful pollutants have serious negative effects on people’s health such as damage to
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some of the first major modern environmental legislation‚ The Clean Air Act of 1956. Pollution began to draw major public attention in the United States between the mid-1950s and early 1970s‚ when Congress passed the Noise Control Act‚ the Clean Air Act‚ the Clean Water Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Growing evidence of local and global pollution and an increasingly informed public over time have given rise to environmentalism and the environmental movement‚which generally seek
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estimated that in London more than 4000 people died of sulphur oxides in 1952 (Seitz 2008:159; Patz and Balbus‚ 2001). Lead‚ as a pollutant caused by industry‚ does harm to human bodies‚ especially to children’s brains (Seitz 2008: 162). Bashkin (2002) states that “ in Bangkok lead pollution could cause 200‚000 to 500‚000 cases of hypertension‚ 300 to 900 cases of heart attack and stroke‚ and 200 to 400 deaths per year (ESCAP‚ 1995). Furthermore‚ it also could cause average loss of 3.5 IQ points per child
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It can aggravate the eyes‚ nose‚ and throat‚ as well as induce asthma attacks and increase hospitalization for those with respiratory problems. Smog is an increasing problem in the United States and according to Norris Kaleopono as of the year 2000 the city of Houston is the "Smoggiest City" in the United States (Norris). Before the recent reports from the EPA and the new Clean Air Act‚ many Americans pointed their fingers at Los Angeles‚ California when asked about a smog problem. Los Angeles
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amount that can be harmful to human or environmental health (Wright & Boorse‚ 2011). For this reason‚ the EPA developed the National Recommended Water Quality Criteria to estimate the quantity of water pollution‚ and detect our water quality standard (Wright & Boorse‚ 2011). Distinguish between water quality criteria pollutants and maximum contaminant levels. Criteria pollutants are mostly toxic chemicals‚ although‚ some are natural and identify the state of the water i.e. nutrients‚ hardness
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services. Field services provide environmental cleanup services and emergency response environmental assistance. Its services involve the cleanup and restoration of buildings‚ equipment‚ and sites that have been contaminated by exposure to hazardous materials. Projects include decontamination of commercial‚ educational‚ industrial‚ laboratory‚ research‚ and manufacturing facilities. Clean Harbors is expected to generate $410 million in revenues related to the environmental cleanup industry.
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There are approximately 6 billion people on our planet now and by 2050 that number is expected to jump to 9 billion people. (http://www.prb.org/datafind/datafinder5.htm) Picture yourself driving down a crowded street or stuck in a traffic jam‚ have you ever wondered how it is possible for that many people to live all on the same planet. I have had those thoughts several times and believe that overpopulation is one of the biggest problems in the world today. Overpopulation has become a major crisis
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