Every day people suffer from the harsh effects of pollution: babies‚ toddlers‚ even the elderly‚ but why? Pollution poses an extensive threat to the health of people worldwide. In fact‚ approximately 100 million people have been afflicted by pollution‚ which compares to diseases like malaria and HIV. The leading causes of pollution are the necessities to burn fossil fuels along with the trash and sewage released into the ocean. When we use fossil fuels to gas up our motor vehicles‚ we emit CO2 into the
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Daly‚ A. and P. Zannetti. 2007. An Introduction to Air Pollution – Definitions‚ Classifications‚ and History. Chapter 1 of AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION (P. Zannetti‚ D. Al-Ajmi‚ and S. Al-Rashied‚ Editors). Published by The Arab School for Science and Technology (ASST) (http://www.arabschool.org.sy) and The EnviroComp Institute (http://www.envirocomp.org/). Chapter 1 An Introduction to Air Pollution – Definitions‚ Classifications‚ and History Aaron Daly and Paolo Zannetti The EnviroComp Institute
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49 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth (The author wishes to thank his wife for suggesting he "get up and do something" to save the earth. This book is dedicated to her.) 1. TURN OFF THE LIGHTS. Even if you’re only going out of the room for a few minutes. Those kilowatts add up. (My wife groans when I say it‚ but‚ "It makes cents—with a c.") 2. UNPLUG APPLIANCES WHEN NOT IN USE. Some of them‚ with their complicated timers and instant start-up features‚ constantly consume small amounts
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Index Page Subtitle Pictures/ tables 2 What is pollution Pic 1 3-4 Water pollution Pic 2 5 Major water pollutants Table 20-1 6-7 Solutions Pic 3 8 Air pollution Pic4 Table 2 9 The green house effect Pic 4 10 Land pollution Pic 4 Pic 5 / table 3 11 Conclusion 12 References What is pollution? the contamination of air‚ water‚ or soil by substances that are harmful to living organisms. Pollution can occur naturally‚ for example through volcanic eruptions
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natural environment is depleting day by day. The natural resources such as water‚ land‚ air‚ etc. are getting affected by these activities from humans that are going on at a fast pace. In addition to all these activities that human undertake to affect the environment‚ such as deforestation‚ soil erosion‚ construction‚ pollution‚ etc. a lot of negligence from the humans is also adding to the overall problem associated with our environment. Issues such as global warming‚ depletion of the ozone layer
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dust rests on our polished furniture. From walls to carpets‚ everything in our house is neat and clean and perfectly maintained. Then why do we fail to keep our environment clean; maintenance of which is far more vital as compared to our home? The term pollution means addition of any substance which alters the quality of the environment. Substances which cause pollution or alter the natural quality of the air‚ water and soil are called pollutants. Hence‚ pollution may be defined as the ‘contamination
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Marketing 520 | Marketing Plan for Planet Hollywood | Midterm Report | | | Marwan Soliman Noha Abdel Fayad Hadil Abdel Fayad May Abdeen Table of Contents Company Background 2 Mission Statement 2 Company History: 2 Situation Analysis 2 Environmental Scanning: 2 Macro environmental Forces: 2 Micro environmental Forces 2 Competitive Analysis: 2 SWOT Analysis: 2 Market Segmentation 2 Demographic 2 Psychographic 2 Behavioral 2 Targeting 2 Targeting Strategy
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Plant. The garbage emitting foul smell‚ the decaying plants and animals also cause air pollution. Hence the doctors advise the patients having lungs trouble to settle in some rural places because the air of villages is pure and free from population. Then comes sound pollution. The harsh sounds of buses‚ its‚ mopeds etc. affect our power of hearing and causes fart trouble. It has been reported that there are two villages named Biraspalli and Devadas Palli near Dum Dum airport m Calcutta where a
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Pollution – Thank God man cannot fly and lay waste In Air and Land. Pollution is probably the most serious issue facing the world today.Yet we keep on turning a blind eye to it‚believing that it won’t affect us.Pollution of various element sof out ecosystem like air‚water‚ soil and sound has caused serious damage already.In Man’s quest for a better life and his mad rush for material possessions has forgot ‚ or rather chose to ignore the impact of his deeds on the environment.Quite naturally‚
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Pollution Human beings have always caused some environmental pollution. Since prehistoric times‚ people have created waste. Like garbage today‚ this waste was either burned‚ tossed into waterways‚ buried‚ or dumped aboveground. However‚ the waste of early peoples was mostly food scraps and other substances that broke down easily by natural decay processes. Prehistoric populations were also much smaller and were spread out over large areas. As a result‚ pollution was less concentrated and caused
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