Air Pollution There are three main types of pollution: air‚ water‚ and noise. My Speech will be focusing mainly on air pollution. Generally any substance that people introduce into the atmosphere that has damaging effects on living things and the environment is considered air pollution. Air pollution is a major environmental risk to health. By reducing air pollution levels‚ we can help countries reduce the global problem of disease from breathing infections‚ heart disease‚ and lung cancer
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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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Plastic Pollution in Hawai’i Plastic plays a big part of our lives. The food we eat is wrapped with it‚ the toys our siblings or children play with is made from it‚ the television we watch is made with it‚ we play video games with plastic controllers‚ we listen to music with plastic head phones and the shelves we use is made with plastic. Material items made with plastic can be useful‚ cheaper‚ and durable but it can also harm the environment. All of these plastic items don’t just disappear
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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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Air pollution is caused by many things‚ earth is very good at cleaning the air on its own‚ though through the years air pollution has gotten to a very bad point where earth can no longer clean all of the pollution we produce which has now started to have very bad effects on our environment such as causing acid rain‚ smog and a lot of health problems. There are a variety of things that cause air pollution like for example cars‚ airplanes and other engine vehicles. All these engine vehicles release
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Carson brings about the fact that the most essential natural resource in the world‚ water‚ is being contaminated. With every spray and use of the pesticides and human-made chemicals‚ persistent as they are‚ the resulting effects spread throughout ecosystems. Bioaccumulation occurs through the levels of the food chain(biological magnification)‚ microorganisms and fish are exposed to the chemicals that render the water polluted‚ fish are eaten by birds and other aquatic life and become sick as they are
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Sound Pollution 1.1) Causes of sound pollution 1.2) Effects of sound pollution 1.2.1) Human health effects 1.2.2) Environmental effects 1.2.3) Property effects 1.3) Solutions for sound pollution 5-11 2) Water Pollution 2.1) Causes of water pollution 2.2) Effect of water pollution 2.3) Solutions for water pollution 12-15 3) Land Pollution 3.1) Causes of land pollution 3.2) Effect of land pollution 3.3) Solutions for land pollution 16-20 4) Air Pollution 4.1) Causes of land pollution 4.2)
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. Start at a young age: Education at a young age is going to be very important to sustain and grow the "Going Green" movement. Many things that you learn at a young age are carried on with you later in life. Schools should hold "Going Green" days where the kids plant trees‚ learn about preserving the environment‚ work on special projects‚ and watch videos about our environment. The kids should then have an assignment to talk to their parents about going green and come up with 1 way their family can
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Dangers Of Smoking http://www.gumauctions.com/article/140/Dangers-Of-Smoking/ ------------------------------------------------- Almost everybody knows that smoking is bad for the health. Images of blackened lungs line school hallways and hospital waiting rooms‚ but despite this people continue to take up smoking. This may have to do with the pervasive romantic image of smoking -- an image that has nothing in common with reality. There are many ways to take tobacco. You can chew it‚ inhale it through
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Most people do not realize that atmospheric pollution (also known as air pollution) is a very serious global problem. There are a great number of air pollutants that are basically caused from natural resources. Most of the pollutants are mankind. There are seven air pollutants that are at greater risk to our environment‚ which are the following: particulate matter (made up of acids‚ organic chemicals‚ metals‚ soils‚ and dust particles)‚ nitrogen oxides (made by highly reactive gasses that contain
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