Air Quality: Air pollution – contamination of the environment by any chemical‚ physical or biological agent Mostly affected by transportation – pollution result from incomplete combustion of fuel How to know how air pollution is affecting people? From hospitals… X% of respiratory diseases affected from air pollution. This percentage is standard given from US research but has correction factors Causes of Air pollution: 1. Natural Sources: a. Forest fires b. Dust storms c. Climate conditions
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Environmental Science Environmental Hazards December 6‚ 2012 Environmental hazards can have many effects to one’s health. It has the potential to threaten the surroundings of a natural environment and harmfully affect people’s health. It can cause health issues to plants‚ minerals‚ or animals. Some hazards have the potential to be poisonous to the environment. Some examples are oil spills‚ which can cause fish or any animal living in the water to die. There are earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and
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Environmental Problems The environment is everything around us. It is the air‚ water‚ land‚ climate and so on. Since many years ago‚ people interferences with the environment which causes several problems. Some of these problems are air pollution‚ water pollution‚ rain forest destruction‚ smog‚ overpopulation‚ and global warming. The worst problems now affecting the world are global warming and overpopulation. First of all‚ global warming‚ which means increasing the temperature
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Environmental Toxicology ENV/410 November 3‚ 2014 Environmental Toxicology Every day‚ each and every individual is exposed to some form of toxicity. This could be in the form of toxic substances‚ toxic chemicals‚ or even toxic pollutants in the atmosphere. There are many materials within communities that could prove toxic and hazardous. Many of these substances pose great health concerns. Toxic chemical exposure in the United States can prove burdensome; especially in low-income communities. Most
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Analysis For the analysis Phase of this project‚ the rate of exposure is required. For this to be determined some assumptions were made; the environmental badges received 10 mrem/quarter of exposure‚ the synchrotron equally exposes the entire facility; the Radiation follows the Inverse Square law for the relation of exposure to 2 points away from a source‚ and all other factors of exposure attenuation were ignored. These assumptions simplified the calculations to only be dependent on the distance
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Environmental impact of mining The environmental impact of mining includes erosion‚ formation of sinkholes‚ loss of biodiversity‚ and contamination of soil‚ groundwater and surface water by chemicals from mining processes. In some cases‚ additional forest logging is done in the vicinity of mines to increase the available room for the storage of the created debris and soil. Besides creating environmental damage‚ the contamination resulting from leakage of chemicals also affect the health of the
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Environmental Threats Global Problems Sea Level Rising At present‚ sea levels around the world are rising. Current sea level rise potentially impacts human populations and the natural environment. Global average sea level rose at an average rate of around 1.7 ± 0.3 mm per year over 1950 to 2009 and at a satellite-measured average rate of about 3.3 ± 0.4 mm per year from 1993 to 2009‚[01] an increase on earlier estimates.[02] Climate change Destructive sudden heavy rains‚ intense tropical
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matter‚ or biological materials in the air which harms humans and other living organisms. It can also damage the natural environment. Air pollution causes depletion of ozone in the stratosphere which endangers human health as well as the Earth’s ecosystems. Air pollutants can be in the form of solid particles‚ liquid droplets‚ or gases. They could be natural or man-made. Pollutants can be classified as either primary or secondary. Substances which are directly emitted due to certain processes
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inequalities. In parallel‚ we will support community-driven development management as a way to ensure more democratic and participatory local development processes. Last but not least‚ we will focus on encouraging the protection and sustainable use of environmental resources‚ as these represent one of Sri Lanka’s most precious and crucial assets‚ as well as its most threatened due to the increasing impact of climate change. On behalf of ACTED‚ I would like to extend a warm thank you to our partners‚ donors
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Environmental issues We all know that there are already some cities in the country that implements the city ordinance for not using any plastics and Styrofoam. Cities like antipolo‚ Marikina‚ cainta‚ quezon city‚ and mandaluyong are only some that has this ordinance. Questions are bugging us out on why does the legislators keeps on concentrating on issue like rh bill that was already passed. And now they’re about to bring up the divorce law. Knowing and seeing that our country seeks environmental
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