Pollution kills around nine million people every year. That total only accounts for humans, not the numerous amounts of plants and animals that die from the effects of pollution. How does that you feel? Many people don’t know and understand what pollution is, what it does and harms, or even the different types of pollution. According to the online dictionary, pollution is defined as “the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects”
HOW CAN OUR ENVIRONMENT BE HARMFUL? An environment is everything that makes up our surrounding, this can be living or non-living things, for example; the air we breathe, the sea, the plants and animals etc. What Impact Does the Environment Have On Us? Seeing that in the beginning, human beings need to be responsive to their environment to survive, this means that we have an essential awareness of our surrounding and look out for surroundings with some types of qualities (Contributor and Kreitzer
many kinds of pollution, but one that has the most impact on humans would be air pollution. In order to live, we must breathe air and surprisingly some things that we breathe takes a toll on our health. Air pollution occurs when pollutants are released into the atmosphere. It has both chronic and acute effects on human health which effects a number of different systems and organsFossil fuel combustion such as diesel fuel, coal, gasoline and natural gas is the main source of air pollution. Most of this
too much exposure from air pollution? This is becoming a global problem because of the extremely high levels of toxins and chemicals being produced. So how do we reduce air pollution? First, we all must educate ourselves and become aware of the rising health problems related to pollution. The majority of individuals today are unaware of the chronic illnesses that can occur from polluted air. There are countless amounts of toxins and substances traveling throughout the air, attacking a person’s immune
A major area China 's air pollution effects is the environment. With this in mind a way the pollution damages the environment is through acid rain ("Air pollution in China"). Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides go high into the atmosphere to combine with oxygen to form the heavy pollutant known as acid rain (epa.gov). Acid rain easily dissolves in water, and when mixed with other pollutants in China 's atmosphere, can contaminate the soil and water sources. One-third of China 's water is unusable
article explains how all those countries are using energy. They are China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, and other. They will consume the global energy to almost double by 2040, according to the Department of Energy that released the news. However, people will save more resources that people would use in many other things? They are not recommending energy consumption. In order, they started using natural gas, and other renewable energy sources other than coal because it might cause pollution to the environment
The environmental issue I am very concerned about is pollution. Pollution, we hear it every other day in our lives either at school, newspapers, or TV. So what is pollution? Pollution occurs when pollutants contaminate the natural surroundings; which brings about changes that affect our normal lifestyles adversely. Pollution is the top most problem across the planet today. Even no one knows what will the future be and how will it be if this continues. Increasing with every passing year and causing
and more pollution. The creation of more productive processing used to manufacture cotton textiles increased the number of mills located in England and eventually moved to the northeastern United States. The steam engine allowed businesses to transfer manufacturing plants was for rivers and other waterways to areas with densely populated urban zones. Pollution increased due to the concentration of these
Air pollution is the release of carbon dioxide, methane, and many other chemicals that can affect breathing quality. Smog is a common visible form of this. Smog is a fog combined with harmful chemicals. An especially harmful chemical is sulfur dioxide. It is commonly associated with acid rain, as are many chemicals similar to it. Acid rain is the deposited material of the atmosphere such as sulfuric and nitric acid. The acid rain usually contains higher amounts of these chemicals therefore making
Indoor Air Quality “The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented." - Eddie Bernice Johnson According to the saying by Eddie Johnson, we can say that indoor air pollution is by far the biggest environmental problem in the world. Also, while looking at the fact 20% up to 10% of the outdoor air pollution can make its way inside the average home [1], so we can surely say that every year many people would have die due to the exposure to household air pollution