Environmental Pollution And Methods Of Management

Pollution is one of the most concerning topics to talk about in today's modern world. It acts as a poison for anything that lives and breathes; it could toxify water, air, land, humans, and animals, and is not to be taken lightly.

Pollution has always been an issue within our society. Derrick Jenson and Stephanie McMillan as well as Michael Pollan have all written articles about the issues in our environment and the effects of pollution. We are causing an increasing amount of pollution as time goes on. Virtually everything we do causes some form of damage to the environment and it seems that regardless of how much we want to fix this issue we are making no progress towards a solution. Based on their articles “As The World Burns” and Pollans article “Why Bother” these authors have similar views and yet contrast on many points.

Pollution has become a heated issue in recent years. The destruction of the environment along with serious health problems are the eventual effects. The extensive use and availability of automobiles, tremendous amounts of production in the booming economy and the constant increase in demand for energy, can be held responsible.

More than half of the human population knows what pollution is but we are still not ready to face it's damaging consequences. Pollution occurs when pollutants contaminate the natural surroundings; which brings about changes that affect our normal lifestyles adversely. Pollution comes in many forms and no matter where you live, you've probably seen some form of it. Some litter of NYC city streets to the smog that lingers ov0er LA to the plastic trash that floats in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the visible signs of pollution are more than evident. The main reason for a why pollution has gotten too out of control is that our desire for more “stuff” has led to our old stuff being thrown away at an alarming and unnecessary rate. As humans we have impacted the environment in so many different ways. The 3 main pollutants i will be talking to you about is water, air, and soil pollutions since these are the three main ones that are affecting not only us as humans but our planet that we live on.. These three main pollutants have affected the environment in many different ways such as climate change and even habitat destruction towards our planet and is in need to be taking some Extreme Measures and actions in order to decrease the pollution to our home.

Needless to say, the environmental problems of today started a long time ago, before automobiles, electricity, and the Industrial Revolution. From ancient times to present

In today’s society, environmental problems are a big problem that plague our world. These detrimental changes are creating astonishing problems for every living organism. Global warming is not a myth. Glaciers are rapidly melting, ecosystems are being destroyed, trees are being cut down for profit, and the globe is warming up and changing our normal climate. Everyone is a contributor to these changes, whether it is a big contribution or a small one. Big businesses and governments all around the world are contributing to the increase in pollution. Factories release chemical waste into our air, and oceans which over time causes holes in our ozone layer. This is not a small easily reversible problem. Chemical air pollution causes problems to not only our environment, but to all the species living on this earth.

Before there were any factories, large corporations, major industries, or even transportation, the atmospheric quality of this planet was in far greater shape. Environmental pollution was never even a factor to stress over. Since the revolution of major industries, large factories, power plants, as well as some of the world’s most advanced technology, environmental pollution has crept up to the top of the list of global climate concerns. Environmental pollution is one of the greatest issues facing the world today and as the years pass, this issue will become more threatening. The subject of his paper is to discuss environmental pollution as an issue, preventing pollution in everyday

In The Ecological Revolution, John Bellamy Foster argues that we are currently undergoing an economic crisis. In addition, he explains that this economic crisis is fixed in the nature of the dominant economic system around the world. According to Foster, this economic crisis was caused by the mode of production in the capitalist system and human activity. Due to this crisis, Foster argues that in order for the planet to survive, the development of an ecological revolution is crucial. In other words, a substantial change in the relationship of humanity to the earth has to be established.

Humankind was far away from environmental pollution from centuries ago, they were depending on plant, fruits, and meats from animals to feed themselves. The environment provides woods from trees and caves as a shelter for people and also they were cover their bodies from dead animals’ leather. Years passed and changes have been made according to human mind who was the key of innovate technologies in various fields, agricultural, commercial, residential, industrial and etc. According to the industrial revolution that many inventions and discoveries have been made, the world has become a turning point in 19th century. As a result, environmental pollutions began.

Pollution is a serious global issue that has been occurring for as long as humans have inhabited the planet. There are many different varieties of pollution, as well as an abundance of materials, both natural and synthetic, that the earth has been contaiminated with. Shifrin ( 2005), states: “To date, wastes remain a fact of life and there are only three places to dispose of wastes-air, water, or land. Waste management always involves tradeoffs.” (p. 676). Even though Shifrin is correct in his analysis, it does not excuse the amount of environmental poison that continues to exist today, nor the amount of environmental problems that it has caused throughout history. The “tradeoffs” of pollution have devastated entire communities, causing waves of sickness and death in their wake. According to Shifrin (2005):” Water-borne contagious disease still caused devastating epidemics in the early 1900s, compounded by growing, congested populations. Air pollution also grew to a high priority by midcentury because its impact was so observable and immediate.” (p. 676). Generally, these diseases were spread through poor sanitary practices as well as the overwhelming volume of pollution that was generated by so many indivduals with little knowledge about what the adverse effects on the overall environment would be.

Two factors contributed to mass pollution, population growth and rise of machines during industrial revolution. In the past 150 years, humans have risen to become the major polluters. In the past one and a half centuries we humans have brought about the rise of democracy, and fall of communism. We’ve survived two world wars, two great recessions, and one nuclear crisis. We have also managed to do something that no other animals could do in the past millions of years, we brought about mass pollution, habitat loss, health issues, and mass extinctions. Because of the population growth and civilization venturing into habitats once roamed by the beasts, and humans have come into contact with many new diseases. We have also endangered ourselves as well as thousands of other animals. As a matter a fact according to the UN about 150 species of plants and animals go extinct every day, to put this in perspective about 6 go extinct every hour. Due to this pollution is bad and is a major concern that we have to take seriously.

Pollution of the surrounding environment has accelerated dramatically after the industrial revolution, leaving a legacy faced by modern society. The primary source of such pollutions is the burning of fossil fuels, mining and smelting of metalliferous ores, municipal wastes, agrochemicals and sewage. Migration of contaminants from neighboring contaminated land to a non-contaminated sites as vapors and leachate through the soil or as dust or spread of sewage sludge, further contributes to the contamination of natural ecosystems (Khan 2005). A wide range of materials causing contamination includes heavy metals, inorganic and organic compounds, oil and tars, toxic and explosive gases, combustible and putrescible substances, hazardous wastes and

Pollution, especially as it relates to the emission of greenhouse gases, is one of the most pressing issues facing humanity

Pollution has become a prevalent issue worldwide and has begun to affect the air used to breathe, the soil used to grow food, and the water used to drink. All of these effects result in commonly occurring destruction of health and wildlife that one may have seen on the news or heard from peers. In order to live, one needs food, water, clothing, and shelter. If the water and food that society consumes gets contaminated, a major component of life has been eradicated, which can only have negative consequences. If more people are educated as to what effects the environment, the world has a chance to counteract the effects of pollution. The main causes of pollution are the burning of fossil fuels such as with car exhausts, littering as a result of societal norms and laziness, and factory waste as a result of lax waste regulation, and can result in mass destruction of the environment and catastrophic effects on the everyday lives of contemporary people.

The last great source of pollution lays in the businesses. Although not common, businesses have been known to dump their waste products into streams, lakes, and rivers. This may seem like a relatively small occurrence that really is not your concern, but you're wrong. Each time one of these companies pollutes there are horrible consequences to pay. Mutations, destroyed ecosystems, and human death have all occurred as a direct result of illegal dumping. It contaminates our drinking water and soil. It causes entire communities of humans (not to mention animals) to move on to new places not to return for at least a century. The pollutants dumped by industry are so concentrated that a single barrel can destroy an entire lake's ecosystem. Not only do companies dump chemicals, but also hot water. This hot water kills most life it comes into contact with, but also causes an overgrowth