INTRODUCTION Civilization has been overwhelmed with fearful reports that mankind is steadily working towards self – destruction through the process of uncontrolled pollution of the environment. A casual look at our surroundings shows reckless attitude of people towards environmental preservation. Due to this development‚ regulations and standards have been set to ensure cleaner and safer environment. These regulations are enforced by agencies like National Environmental Standard and Regulation
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CCCH9008 Noise Pollution and Control in HK Two important characteristics of sound or noise Frequency of Sound Sound is the quickly varying pressure wave travelling through a medium. When sound travels through air‚ the atmospheric pressure varies periodically. The number of pressure variations per second is called the frequency of sound‚ and is measured in Hertz (Hz) - cycles per second. Loudness A loud noise usually has a larger pressure variation and a weak one has smaller pressure variation
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Parliamentary control of the government is the work done by parliament to scrutinise the government and influence their actions thereafter. Parliament is primarily made up of the houses of commons and lords; and the government is the executive. Some would argue this is no longer effective because of the work of select committees. Select committees are small group of MP’s from mixed parties who can evaluate and make recommendations to the government on issues‚ the members being chosen by the government. I
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AIR POLLUTION CONTROL IN INDIA Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals‚ particulate matter‚ or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms‚ or cause damage to the natural environment or built environment‚ into the atmosphere. The first law against air pollution was passed in 1873. Air pollution can be classified broadly in two types: 1) Urban * Industrialization * Vehicles The increasing number of vehicles and industries constitute
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Pollution happens absolutely everywhere‚ every single second of the day‚ everywhere on earth. You can find pollution in cars‚ home electronics‚ personal hygiene products‚ natural disasters‚ and even your own home. Pollution is when fossil fuel is burnt and let into the atmosphere. The three types of pollution is land pollution ‚ air pollution and water pollution. Pollution is related to the amount of people in the world because if we have too much people on earth ‚ then their is going to be too much
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Obesity and Government Control In today’s society there are many Americans who are either overweight or obese and have diabetes. David Zinczenko in “Don’t Blame the Eater” argues that fast food companies ate to be blamed for the obesity that is now very common in the US. Radley Balko argues in “What You Eat is Your Business” that the government is responsible for the obesity epidemic that the US is found in today. The government should have some in not all control or regulations on what the people
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Government Control to Lower Obesity Should the government support and challenge people to watch their diet? It would be a good idea for the government to put rules on food because it would let people know what they are eating‚ it would decrease the percentage of obesity‚ and it would decrease health risks. This would show that the government cares about the health we can have. Plus give people more knowledge of what we don’t know about foods. To begin‚ restaurants don’t let people know what
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The Governments contribution to regulate air pollution The United States Government has enacted many polices to help recognize the major causes of air pollution today and what people can do to help clean the air. People finally have the ability to understand more reasonable responses to environmental contaminants and they provide a window into the impacts that the human race is having on the earth. One of the main causes of air pollution is manufacturing due to particular matter and chemicals
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RESEARCH ESSAY The more our country develops‚ the more our life conditions need to be improved. However‚ the environmental problem is so serious that it causes too much damage for our life‚ not only in many years ago but also nowadays. Have you ever heard about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch yet? It is twice the size of Texas and floating somewhere between San Francisco and Hawaii. It also has 80% plastic and weighs in at 3.5 million tons. Many attempts have been made to clean them
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Plastic pollution Plastics are very convenient products that we use in our every day life and for most people it would be difficult to imagine a plastic free world. It is everywhere: used for water bottling purposes‚ food covering‚ parts that make up our daily items such as cell phones‚ clothes‚ and hospital equipments. With so many convenient methods for the use of plastics‚ many of us fail to recognize the dangers of plastic pollution which starts with industrial pollution‚ continues with its
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