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Pollution In Hawaii
Angelika Cortes
Community Issue: Pollution Do you hate seeing rubbish in the street? My topic is all about pollution. Pollution is a problem in Hawaii because it cause health problems, water gets polluted by throwing of chemicals in river and other bodies of water and land gets polluted because of too much wastes from industry. My first reason is because it can cause health problems. According to National Geographic, lung inflammation can develop when people are exposed to ongoing particulate air pollution some diseases that it can cause are asthma, lung cancer and heart attacks. “Recycle and prevent lung inflammation”. The sources that used for this are: http://education.nationageographic.com/education/encyclopedia/air-pollution/?ara=1,
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There are so many reasons and causes of land pollution. According to National Geographic, the major factors responsible for these problems are the pesticides, leaching or waste due to landfills, direct discharge from the industry, fuel dumping and oil dumping. Throwing things anywhere is contaminating the soil and ultimately pollute the land. “Pesticides will ruin our environment”. The sources that I used are: http://environment.natonalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/pollution/overview, htttp://environment.nationalgeographic.com/encyclopedia/pollution/?ara=1#page=1and …show more content…
According to National Geographic, Factories near the ocean throw their waste in the ocean. Factories near the ocean throw chemicals in the ocean, it will damage the ocean. Bodies of water will be cleaner if there is no chemical and rubbish in it, right? You can also save the marine animals like whales. “Keep calm and save the ocean. The sources that I used are: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/land-edge-coasts/#page=1, http://environemnt.natonalgeographic.com/encycopedia/pollution/?ara=1#page=1 and

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