WASTE DISPOSAL: IT’S IMPACT Improper waste management continues to be major problem that affects us all. Waste dumped into a various waterways has created floating island of toxic pollutants in our oceans. One of these islands‚ is “The Greatest Pacific Garbage Patch” has received media attention for its size-estimated to be twice the size of Hawaii and its known destructive effects on the wildlife and food supply. Diseases‚ such as Dengue fever‚ prevalent in developing nations are believed
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Guinhalaran‚ Proper‚ Silay City Abstract Proper waste disposal minimizes and reduces the risk of accidental injury to staff‚ clients‚ visitors and the local community and it helps provide an aesthetically pleasing atmosphere. It also reduces odors and reduces the likelihood of contamination of the soil or ground water with chemicals or micro organisms. Biodegradable waste is a type of waste‚ typically originating from plant or animal sources‚ which maybe broken
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An open dump is defined as abandoned piles of household garbage‚ bags of yard waste‚ appliances‚ old barrels‚ used tires‚ and demolition debris such as lumber‚ shingles‚ pipes and asbestos can threaten the health of humans‚ wildlife‚ and the environment. (Epa.state.il.us‚ 2014) Open dumps pose the following health‚ safety‚ and environmental threats: • Fire and explosion • Inhalation of toxic gases • Injury to children playing on or around the dump site • Disease carried by mosquitoes‚ flies
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could go days without food and hours without water‚ but you would last only a few minutes without air. On average‚ each of us breathes over 2‚000 gallons of air each day. You must have air to live. However‚ did you know that breathing polluted air can make you sick (EPA) environment protection agency? Although we need our factories to produce our products and transportation to get place to place air pollution has a great deal on our industrialization that leads to many hazardous effects. An example
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Air Quality Index As a community health nurse‚ if I had patients with respiratory issues that were affected by poor quality air index‚ modifying their care and giving proper education would be my focus for these patients. Air quality index tells you how clean or polluted the air is. When air pollutants are high it makes it harder for patients with asthma and other respiratory diseases breathe comfortably. While we can’t control outdoor air pollutants‚ we do have some control of the air inside
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Air pollution – contaminants or substances in the air that interfere with human health or produce other harmful environmental effects. Read our “What is Air Pollution?” article for further information. Alternative energy – usually environmentally friendly‚ this is energy from uncommon sources such as wind power or solar energy‚ not fossil fuels. Alternative fuels – similar to above. Not petrol or diesel but different transportation fuels like natural gas‚ methanol‚ bio fuels and electricity. B
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Air Asia Fundamentals of marketing Group members: Maha Abdul Muhsin – 0316481 Cheng Joe Ern- 0316764 Choong Mei foong - 0317321 Lee Wee beng - 0317260 Nuraliya Abu Mansor - 0317184 Elisabeth Christine - 0316942 Adam Lee Shyuk Nam- 0317012 AIR ASIA Introduction • AirAsia Berhad is a Malaysian low-cost airline headquartered in Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia. • Air Asia was established in 1994 and began operations on 18 November 1996. • On 2 December 2001‚ the airline was bought by former Time Warner executive
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Air Transport - Passenger Sujan Bharati (student # ) University of Ballarat Professor 05/01/2013 Air Transport - Passenger In the early 1900’s‚ Wilbur and Orville Wright brothers had a vision to fly one day and dream of building a full size flying machine. On December 17‚ 1903 they reached their goal and flew for the first time in Kitty Hawk sand dunes of North Carolina. This was not the first time they tested their invention though‚ they had several attempts before-hand. Their obsession
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Air Pollution Alicia Goodman Environmental Science – EVS1001 June 18‚ 2011 Instructor: Angie Edwards AIR POLLUTION Air pollution is the biggest problem we as government face today. The problem arose during the industrial revolution and has just gotten worse since then. However‚ the industrial revolution brought many great changes to the world; better transportation‚ cheaper merchandise‚ and has made our life better. In the beginning of the industrial revolution‚ the problem of pollution
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Adults are saying that their children are misbehaving with them but children are saying their parents can not understand them in today’s generation.... Now a days the science and technology has increased and due to this the living standard of the people have become advanced.Every children of today’s generation thinks highly.Our parents are having old thinking and due to this the thinking of today’s children wouldn’t match with the thinking of their parents.With the time‚ the education has become
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