AST20211 Environment and Health UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Definition of Environment‚ Health and Disease Environmental Problems Food Borne Diseases Intervention and Control AST20211 Environment and Health What is environment…? • The sum total of our surroundings‚ including all the living and nonliving things with which we interact. • Living things • Animals‚ plants‚ forests‚ fungi‚ etc. • Nonliving things • Continents‚ oceans‚ clouds‚ soil‚ rocks •
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Element C10 Title Page Environmental Pollution and Waste Management INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 10-2 ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION....................................................................................................................... 10-3 CLASSIFICATION OF WASTES ......................................................
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Polysaccharides: From Waste Products to Smart Materials Dr. Caroline L. Schauer Polysaccharides are simply carbohydrates formed by combination or chain of monosaccharides and are a very common organic compound found in nature. We are exposed to them various times a day and they make up an important part of our Earth. Some common polysaccharides are: cellulose‚ chitin (in seafood)‚ starch‚ alginate‚ hydroaluronic acid‚ chondritin sulfate‚ glycogen‚ xylan‚ pectin‚ and various others. Polysaccharides
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hundreds of feet from where it was originally dumped. Such waste includes bags‚ bottles‚ cups‚ straws‚ cup lids‚ utensils‚ six pack holders‚ cling wrap‚ fishing line‚ bait bags‚ and floats. The second highest cause of water pollution is ship waste. Ships used to take much garbage with them on their ships and dump them. This was very common until the government took action. They were giving sailors up to one million dollars fines for disposing waste. Because of that‚ ships now carry less garbage with them
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where copper and cobalt ore are processed using conventional flotation circuits to produce concentrates‚ a smelter and a Tailings Leach Plant where tailings are treated by means of a hydrometallurgical process for the production of copper cathodes. Waste disposal facilities acquired by KCM include nine overburden dumps that occupy an area of approximately 730 ha and five tailings dams distributed over approximately 2100 ha. According to the present plans‚ the operations will continue until 2035.
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consequently harms human health and the natural environment . If we don’t have any methods to prevent water resource from polluting‚ we will not have enough water to use in the future. Water is polluted by a lot of causes. First of all is the industrial waste. Industries cause huge pollution with their activities. These come mainly from sulphur‚ asbestos‚ lead and mercury‚ nitrates and phosphates‚ oils… Firstly‚ sulphur is a non-metallic substance that is harmful for marine life. Secondly‚ asbestos is the
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pollution because of tourism Tourism can cause the same forms of pollution as any other industry: air emissions‚ noise‚ solid waste and littering‚ releases of sewage‚ oil and chemicals‚ even architectural/visual pollution. Air pollution and noise Transport by air‚ road‚ and rail is continuously increasing in response to the rising numbe reported that the number of international air passengers worldwide rose from 88 million in 1972 to 344 million in 1994. One consequence of this increase in air
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Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2 2.0 OBJECTIVE OF GREEN MARKETING 3 3.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 3 3.1 Introduction 3 3.2 Green Marketing legislation 4 3.3 Evolution of Green Marketing 5 3.4 Benefits of Green Marketing 6 3.5 Reason Firms Use Green Marketing 7 3.5.1 Opportunities 7 3.5.2 Social responsibility 8 3.5.3 Governmental pressure 9 3.5.4 Competitive Pressure 10 3.5.5 Cost or profit Issues 10 3.6 Problems with green Marketing 11 3.7 Keys to Successful Green Marketing 12 3.7
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liquid chemical and solid wastes into the river Buriganga. As a result Buriganga river pollution has reached to extreme level and its polluting rate is increasing rapidly. 4.2 Wastes of Tanneries Tanneries of Hazaribagh produce a large quantity of solid and liquid wastes at the time of processing of hides and skins of animals. Table.4.1: Average amount of wastes produced by Dhaka Hides and Skins Limited |Waste Type |Waste Amount (ton)
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Have you ever heard of the term “e-waste”? If not‚ you’re not alone. Thankfully two very like minded individuals‚ Annie Leonard‚ and Chris Caroll dedicated their time to enlighten people into the unseen life cycle of our outdated house held tech‚ “e-waste.” In Leonard’s essay‚ “The Story of Stuff: Electronics‚” and Caroll’s short film script “High Tech Trash‚” the reader gets an in-depth understating of the tremendous impact the technological empire has on the environment‚ and the individuals involved
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