Air pollution in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Traffic congestion on inadequate road infrastructure is a daily reality of India ’s urban centers. Slow speeds and idling vehicles produce‚ per trip‚ 4 to 8 times more pollutants and consume more carbon footprint fuels‚ than free flowing traffic. This 2008 image shows traffic congestion in Delhi. Air pollution in India is a serious issue with the major sources being fuelwood and biomass burning‚ fuel adulteration
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Adulteration of food and pollution "Adulteration" is a legal term meaning that a food product fails to meet federal or state standards. Food is the basic necessity of life. One works hard and earns to satisfy our hunger and relax (enjoy) later. But at the end of the day‚ many of us are not sure of what we eat. We may be eating a dangerous dye‚ sawdust‚ soapstone‚ industrial starch‚ and aluminum foil and so on! Contaminated foods and drinks are common sources of infection. Often‚ we invite diseases
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Water and Air Pollution Analysis Houston‚ Texas holds around two million people‚ carrying hundreds of thousands of cars daily on these busy freeways. On top of the pollutants coming from vehicles we also have the industrial refineries that are located only 45 minutes from the heart of Houston. Most the smog comes from the Houston Ship channel With the combination of these two things we can see how polluted our city and waters are. One of the main problems in Houston is air pollution. The air pollution
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Pollution is the act or process of polluting or the state of being polluted‚ especially the contamination of soil‚ water‚ or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pollution). Pollution is a universal problem. It seems that many businesses and people are unaware of the effect that pollutants have on people. Car exhaustion‚ tobacco smoking‚ dumping waste‚ and emission from factories and plants are just a few ways to pollute our ozone. I
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American scientist Philippe Cousteau said‚ “Our oceans are facing innumerable threats from overfishing and pollution to ocean acidification and invasive/extinction of species.” This quote rings to our lives today in California because having over 50 beaches locally‚ we have seen most if not all of them in some manner polluted and mistreated. Simply‚ we love to visit our local beaches for the cool breeze and the overall view. The sense of “vacation” that draws us after a hard day’s work. We as humans
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Indoor Air Pollution: Effects to Peoples Health Approximately 93% of our life we spend indoors (Vladimira Bukerova‚ personal communication‚ February 2012). Even though this may sound crazy it‚ is true. Weather people stay at home or at work; school or go for shopping they are inside of a building breathing‚ living the same air most of their daily life. There are different issues now days that are destroy our air and when talking about them people immediately will thing about the pollution caused
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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. Pollution effects are not confined to the environment. The potential for damage
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POLLUTION INTRODUCTION Pollution is the act of environmental humiliation and contamination with artificial waste. Air‚ water‚ and soil pollution is a serious complication‚ which affects everyone in the world. Some of the main causes of pollution is the lack of laws to new industries as well as a poorly educated society. Due to environmental pollution‚ the society has put pressure on the government to create and carry out diverse policies to the control of environmental pollutants. LAND POLLUTION
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Nonpoint source pollution is land runoff from drainage‚ rain‚ and seepage and hydraulic modification. It is caused by rain or snow melt that moves through and over the ground. When the runoff moves‚ it collects and picks up manmade and natural pollutants and ends up spilling into lakes‚ rivers‚ streams‚ and coastal waters. Nonpoint source pollution can include things like motor oil‚ toxic chemicals‚ animal droppings‚ trash and even insecticides. Our drinking water needs to be protected. It takes
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Pollution Caused By Plastic Bags Written by: Erica Duncan Science 256 Professor Elizabeth Stevens Pollution Caused By Plastic Bags Plastic bags are one among many items that do not decay or professional terms non-degradable. Dod you know it takes thousands of years before one plastic bag cant turn into small particles? Yew‚ that is a long time for plastic bags to vanish from earth. Many people don’t understand how seriously something as simple as plastic bags affect
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