The Negative Effects Of Pollution On The Environment

We are getting rid of materials that the world would benefit from. Cutting down trees that produce an enormous amount of oxygen for the people can damage the lives of many. “Air pollution is a grave environmental reality affecting many people across the world and affecting their health and the overall quality of life” (Class notes, Lecture 6).There are certain that we should be protecting, but many do not see a reason to do so, we look at the many products that can come from it not the quality of life.

Having over 121,000 kilometers of rail lines throughout China and 228,218 kilometers throughout the United States transcontinental travel throughout the countries has become immensely accessible. The use of such transports has subsequently resulted in an emittance of pollutants such as nitrous oxide, particulate matter, and carbon dioxide. The increase of the anthropocentric activity dictates the positive feed back loop of the total emissions of criteria pollutants.

Pollutants are impacting aquatic organisms disposed by daily human activities and natural occurrences. An extensive amount of pollutants such as pesticides, heavy metals, and hydrocarbons can result in direct significant damage, e.g. death. However lower levels of these harmful substances can be stored in an organism and increase as it continues and follows up the food chain, a process called biomagnification or bioaccumulation, having the greatest effect on the top predator of that food chain. A common result of the pollutants can lead to stress, changing of the immune system, inhibit lysozyme activity, damage gills, metabolism, and growth. Other factors include an excessive amount of nutrients in the environment. Nitrogen can make its way into aquatic ecosystems when there is an increase in nitrous oxide in the air, allowing eutrophication. Algae and bacteria feed off the nitrogen, so a high number of these organisms appear and use oxygen around them as the feed, causing hypoxic zones, or dead zones. Acidification, an increase in the ecosystem’s pH acidity from acid rain, which occurs from an increase in CO2 from air pollution. Aquatic organisms have a range of tolerance, and water with high acidic pH will lead the organism out of the range of tolerance, resulting in stress of the organism, and eventually death. Further studies are being pursuited to see larger impacts of globalized pollution on aquatic species and their ecosystems.

The world reached an invisible but momentous milestone in 2008 when the human population for the first time in the history reached more than 3.3 billion people, lived in urban areas. (UNPF, 2007) The more people you have in the world the more crowded it tends to be and at that point where would one fit in. While the population is increasing where do you expect to lay your head, in one of the high rises they are building in downtown, LA or one of the hundreds of home tracks in the rural section of Southern California. The car Industry is in hot demand and with the added cars on the road along with the older cars that have shared in the pollution, we are seeing bad pollution in the air. Then this leads to unaffordable housing for those who are not financially stable. And, let’s not forget the poverty amongst those who do not have Jobs or can afford to keep food on the table. If we do not address these problems we will eventually start to result in killing our own selves without even knowing it. The more we keep building the more we will find each other dealing with pollution, unaffordable housing and poverty.

How bad does it feel when you throw a cup on the ground after you are done with it? Or even eat a fast food sandwich and then throw the wrapper out of the car window when you are finished? In the moment it doesn’t faze many but in the long run it will affect us all and the world we live in today. Throughout our everyday lives as human beings we do many things that may hurt others or the environment and don’t even realize it, solely because it isn’t hurting us in the moment or effecting our daily routines. Things happen to be this way because some of us are oblivious to certain problems our world is facing mainly because the worst of it all hasn’t happened yet. When thinking about the environment and the effects we have on it one of the first things that comes to mind, is the impact we have on the pollution because we can’t blame anybody but ourselves. Pollution is such a huge problem throughout the world and it needs to be stopped immediately before our planet goes extinct. Did you know that by the middle of this century there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish if people continue to pollute the seas? Or that each year 1.2 trillion gallons of untreated sewage, storm water and industrial waste are dumped into America’s water? There are many reasons why pollution should be stopped and we as a population cannot continue to live in some of the conditions we live in because

What will our Earth look like if we, as human beings living on this single planet, continue to carelessly live our lives, destroying and setting the environment up for near failure? (Rhetorical Question). The major issue of pollution and other disastrous environmental effects caused by industrialization is one that is very significant, for this is what will determine what our planet will look like in the following decades and centuries. As the millennial generation, it must be known that our generation will be the one to shape the earth in the near future, and therefore we all should be driven to substantial change for the environment, and consequently our planet. In today’s age, because we have an advancement in sources and technology, every single individual here has the ability to make a significant change that will contribute to the global and collective growth of our future planet and society. We believe that we must take action against pollution, and for environmentalism, through sustainability, reducing carbon emissions, and conserving energy.

This paper discusses the issue of air pollution and its related impacts on the local environment, citizen’s health, and the economy in Massachusetts. Major sources of air pollution are specified, and sustainable solutions to these issues are explored. The costs and consequences of state policies are taken into account, and the advantages and disadvantages of these policies are discussed. Solutions that individuals can incorporate into their own lives and homes are shared, and finally, ways that citizens can promote environmentally friendly alternatives for transportation and home energy are explored.

Pollution is a very wide-use term that means the introduction of contaminants that cause a negative change into a natural environment. It englobes all sort of contaminations such as air contaminants, water contaminants, solid contaminants on soil and a lot more. As we can see in the World Wild Life website, pollution is a very important issue he have and that we have to fix as soon as possible. There are even natural substances considered as pollutants once they exceed natural levels in a certain area.

Most people are unaware of the increasing pollution levels in the environment. The main reason is that many overlook the subject since most pollution is not visible. Unfortunately, although pollution is often unseen, it’s effects are very present and highly dangerous. “On average, fifty thousand people die each year due to pollution in America” (Rinkesh). Approximately six million people worldwide will die from pollution each year by 2050 (Rinkesh). That is a large quantity of deaths due to something unseen. Many skeptics believe that pollution is not harmful and the health-related issues are coincidences, but that is not true. Chemicals can be poisonous. We don’t drink chemicals so why would we want to breathe it? Chemical production is the highest it has ever been; causing extreme amounts of contamination

From the beginning of the existence of humans on planet Earth, humans have caused the majority of pollution in the environment. It is widely accepted that pollution causes negative effects on the planet and on biological health. Humans have polluted all the the four major parts to Earth; air, water, soil, and wildlife. Many countries have taken steps to limit or remove many harmful chemicals that are released into the environment but many large countries, such as China, still don 't have tight restrictions on manufactures. As a united race, all countries must work together to eliminate most, if not all, the main ways that we pollute the Earth. This is planet-wide problem that needs to be fixed now so it isn 't left to the next generation to fix, like the previous generation left it to the current generation. The human race has had a long path of causing pollution over history. To not let history repeat itself, it would be beneficial to reflect on how humans have been careless with our delicate environment.

According to the news, by 2050, our ocean will hold plastic more than fish. How scary image to think about. About 71% of earth’s surface is covered by water, which means 71% of earth’s surface is covered by plastic, and people have already used most of our sources from 29% of the earth. Air pollution is also really bad right now especially in developing countries. They burn coal so much that the carbon dioxide amount in the air is too high. On the other hand, companies do not pay attention at all on the cleaning environment where people work; therefore, it causes a lot of people ill due to the dirty environment. People waste so many product and materials that they could recycle and use again, however, they barely reuse them. Bags that people get from WholeFood or Wallgreens could easily use them again, because most of the bags are paper bags and they are designed to let people recycle them. Wasting useable objects makes the world in to pollution and unhealthy lifestyle. Some firms in China or other developing countries, after using chemicals, they just pour the chemicals to the river near them rather than filtrating them to normal liquid that have no harm for water. They don’t care about the river, however, they only focus on the profit they get from the society. They never realize who consume their products, and if the consumers become unhealthy, who would these firms sell to? Nobody. Therefore, their economy benefit would decrease and finally bankrupt. What should these

Have you even wondered about how much we hurt the environment? Probably not, most people don’t realize this. Humans depend on the environment so much, but we take it for granted. We hurt the environment every since time we leave the lights on, drop things in the sewer, or when we don’t recycle. You may ask, how can doing these little mistake affect something so huge. Well this chapter is gonna change your mind.

The typical public, particularly sick people with upper or inferior respiratory symptoms know that severe respiratory impacts can take place due to air pollution based on the information from the media. It is vital for the relevant specialists to possess present information of the probable health impacts as well as the manner in which they might influence their clients in order to instruct them adequately. In particular, the specialists in the field should meticulously know that both gaseous as well as particulate matter might potentially worsen the existing pathophysiology of the airway. This paper also provides some overview of the findings for the research conducted. Therefore, remedial measures ought to be in place to mitigate the effects of air pollution.

One of the biggest problems that the world faces today is environmental pollution. The increasing demand for goods and resource consumption are destroying this world. The environment is deteriorating fast along with its ability to support life for future generations. Therefore, who is responsible for the deterioration of the world? Industrialized nations who contribute tons of toxic waste per day or individuals who are not aware of their impact on the environment. According to Derrick Jensen in his essay, “Forget Shorter Showers” (p.564), industries cause more harm to nature by consuming resources and producing waste; nevertheless, Margaret Lundberg writes in her essay, “Eating Green” (p.570) that individuals’ demand for resources and unhealthy habits are contributing to the earth pollution.

California has seen a resurgence of environmental justice activism in the past few years. Due to the increased activism, the state has taken many steps to lead the country in fighting climate change and reducing the ever-increasing amount of environmental pollution on the environment by implementing various climate change policies. One of the state’s most recent efforts to promote environmental justice was through the signing of Senate Bill 1000 - Planning for Healthy Communities Act. This bill requires that cities and counties incorporate an environmental justice element into their General Plan, either as a standalone element or integrated into other elements. SB 1000 was adopted in an effort to alleviate some of the environmental inequities that have been caused by poor land-use practices.