officer Environmental Protection Department 33/F-34/F Revenue Tower 5 Gloucester Road Wan Chai Dear Sir/Madam‚ I am writing to inform you of my dissatisfactory with the poor air quality long existing in Hong Kong. Fuelled by the pollutants from power plants and vehicles‚ and made worse by the regional pollution‚ Hong Kong in most of the days seems wrapped in a grey shroud to a point that‚ you cannot make out from the Central waterfront the buildings on the other side. Urban area is routinely
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Air pollution is one of the virtual problem nowadays. There are many reasons of it but mostly it is caused by cars‚ growing cities‚ development of economy and industrialization. Clean air consist of several gases. When some other gases or dangerous elements get into the clean air‚ pollution is inevitable. Ozone layer is affected too much by pollution and it will cause serious disturbances on the environment. People are the main cause of pollution because the things that we use contain dangerous
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AIR POLLUTION VERLINDA SIMS EVEREST UNIVERSITY ONLINE EVS1001_12 AIR POLLUTION Air pollution has a lot of different effects on plants‚ animals and also humans. The different air pollutions types come from a various amount of different sources in a way to clean up air pollution and it is not easy. We all know that this problem takes time‚ but all the contributions to improve the air we breathe brings us closer to cleaner air. Sulfur dioxide- is emitted by burning fossil fuels like coal and
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Name: He‚Shuyao Date: Feb‚ 14th Course: Problem solution Final Draft Air Pollution There is no need to recount the litany of how serious the environmental problem. Just think of the gloomy sky and the bad air‚ and you will know how urgent it is to protect our environment. However‚ few people will react to it in actions. For instance‚ many people know that the increasing car use has generated various air pollution problems‚ but they prefer buying their own cars. Because they think cars are convenient
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Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health Submitted To: Ms. Fatima Saman Qaisar Business Research Methods Semester VI Submitted By: Group No (03) Imran Jawa 10-4964 Ayza Asma 10-4982 Muazzam Saleem 10-4962 Mughees Ahmed 10-4940 Date 27th April 2013 Table of Contents Abstract A number of natural and human activities results in emission of harmful chemicals which pollute the air. Increase in combustion of fossil fuels‚ smoke from industries and
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Air pollution in India is a serious issue with the major sources being fuelwood and biomass burning‚ fuel adulteration‚ vehicle emission and traffic congestion.[1][2] India has a low per capita emissions of greenhouse gases but the country as a whole is the third largest after China and the United States.[3] A 2013 study on non-smokers has found that Indians have 30% lower lung function compared to Europeans.[4] The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act was passed in 1981 to regulate air
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AIR POLLUTION [pic] Introduction The earth’s atmosphere‚ at or near sea level‚ consists approximately of 78 percent nitrogen‚ 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other gases. If it were possible to remain in this state‚ 100 percent clean air would result. However‚ many varied sources allow other gases and particulates to mix with the clean air‚ causing our atmosphere to become unclean or polluted. Some of these pollutants are visible while others are invisible‚ with each
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The global warming is now becoming a serious concern to the world. One of the main reasons of this problem is human activities; they pollute their surrounding environment like noise‚ land‚ water‚ and air. This essay will illustrate three important ways to cut down air pollution. The first necessary way to solve this problem is to reduce the using of vehicles. People should change from travel by their own car or motorbike to travel by public transportation such as taxies‚ buses‚ or trains. Likely
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of Air Pollution on Human Health Yinghua Cui English 151B - 11 Instructor Terry Taskey May 2‚ 2012 The Effect of Air Pollution on Human Health With the booming of science and technology‚ pollution has aroused wide public concern. Industrial civilization creates tremendous fortune. At the same time‚ automobile exhaust ‚ the burning of waste‚ and a multitude of waste gas is discharged into the atmosphere. Humans live depend on air. Therefore‚ it is undeniable that air pollution
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Nowadays‚ our community has many environmental problems‚ but the obviously problem is air pollution. People around the world‚ especially in the cities‚ see air pollution as an important problem because cause it makes many big effects such as worsens earth’s atmosphere and harms living creatures. Air pollution is created by both natural actions and humans activities‚ but mostly‚ air pollution is made by humans. The three principal causes that humans have done are burning fuels in vehicles‚ unsuitable
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