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    The Cause and Effects of Air Pollution Felecia Jones Eng 130 12/22/2014 Lois Theisen University of Phoenix The Cause and Effects of Air Pollution Polluted fumes can enter the earth’s troposphere from a variety of ways. Three main sources that air pollution have been known to evolve from is exhaust from motor vehicles‚ harmful emissions from industrial factories‚ and soot from wood burning fireplaces. Impurities from the air have been known to cause a number of health related issues such as headaches

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    Air Pollution - The Causes & Effect . Defi-Air pollution‚ both indoors and outdoors‚ poses health risks to millions of Americans every day‚ contributing to asthma‚ emphysema‚ heart disease‚ and other potentially lethal conditions. Managing air pollution causes‚ and defending successful safeguards like the Clean Air Act‚ is critical to the human‚ economic‚ and environmental health of our communities. America’s power plants are our biggest industrial polluters. Each year they pump more

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    on Earth; however‚ can easily be taken away from the carelessness of human activities. Due to the massive production of waste and the excessive need for daily materials‚ oceans are becoming more and more polluted; in addition‚ result to damaging effects on marine life.  The ocean appears to be a large trash can for disposing waste in the convenience for humans. According to UNESCO‚ statistics show that in 2006‚ 46‚000 plastic materials were found scattered every square mile in the ocean; in addition

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    Causes and Effects of Air Pollution. Earth is everybody’s home and nobody likes to live in a dirty home. Of all the changes swirling among us‚ those that affect the natural environment seems to hold the most serious implication for human life. From a long period of time‚ people have been polluting the earth surface‚ but because of earth’s own ability to absorb and purify minor quantities of pollutants‚ the problem has been minimal. It is significant

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    The Varying Effects of Pollution on the Environment James Fields Indiana University Southeast Abstract This paper explores the varying effects of pollution on the environment and human interaction by explaining the history of human’s tendency to pollute and giving several examples that created many regulations that help in decreasing pollution. Many studies in this paper help to explain how pollution is directly related to human interaction such as the study by Keith Gaby that show a correlation

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    Pollution of the Kosciusko Lakes Pollution is one of the many ways that harm is inflicted upon the earth. It comes in two different forms‚ natural and artificial. Each one is equally damaging to the environment and hard to eradicate once introduced into the ecosystem. Natural pollution comes in forms of invasive species (plants and animals)‚ but also can come in forms of run-off. Artificial pollution comes in the form of litter and adds to the harmful effects of the natural pollution. Invasive

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    Pollution effects are not confined to the environment. The potential for damage to historical monuments has already been realized. Some damage‚ such as from wind or rain‚ is unavoidable. However‚ pollution contributes additional risk factors that can increase the level of destruction. The effects may be minor‚ such as a blackening of the surface of monuments due to dust. Other impacts can have permanent consequences. Significance 1. Pollution negatively impacts historical monuments and

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    Effect of domestic sewage pollution Domestic sewage pollution is the pollution caused to the earth by domestic use.  It contain of sewage originating primarily from kitchen‚bathroom‚ and laundry sources and also waste from food preparation‚ dishwashing‚ garbage‚ toilets‚ baths‚ showers‚ and sinks. Sewage is the term used for wastewater that often contains faeces‚ urine and laundry waste. Sewage disposal is a major problem in developing countries as many people in these areas don’t have access to

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    carbon equivalents. Ukraine has a severely high level of air pollution. This pollution is caused by emissions from road traffic‚ industries‚ and the energy sector. In 2005‚ over 200 cities in Ukraine exceeded the levels established by the World Bank health standards for annual concentrations of at least one pollutant. Nineteen cities exceeded health standards for three or more pollutants by at least a factor of 10. In comparison‚ the air pollution levels in the Los Angeles area‚ which has the worst overall

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    people’s attraction toward the mountaineering has increased a lot‚ by which number of climbers visiting Mount Everest has also been increased. Due to the increasing number of climbers in the Everest‚ pollution in and around the Everest has increased and it needs a special attention to prevent from the pollution. Everest attracts people of all around the world. In the past only few climbers who know well about the mountains used to come but today most of the interested people who have enough economic sources

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