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    association between ambient air pollution and lung cancer. This evidence lead the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to report air pollution as a category 1 or definite cause of cancer. The IARC reviewed over 1000 studies from five continents and covering many different scientific fields. They concluded that air pollution is linked to increased cancer incidence, with lung cancer being the most prevalent (Pope, 2013). Air pollution occurs when the air is contaminated by foreign substances

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    the topic about the causes and effects of air pollution to our environment. The term air pollution is a mixture of natural and manmade substances in the air we breath such as fine particles produced by the burning of fossils fuel ground level ozone, which is a reactive form of oxygen that is a primary component of urban smog and noxious gases such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and chemical vapors. The health effects of air pollution have been reported in research studies over

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    Indoor Air Quality

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    2010 Radcliffe Publishing Guest editorial Indoor air pollution: a poorly recognised hazard Kin Bong Hubert Lam BSc MPhil PhD Lecturer in Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology Om P Kurmi BSc MSc Research Fellow Jon G Ayres BSc MBBS MD FRCP FRCPE FFOM FRCPSG Professor of Environmental and Respiratory Medicine Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK Air is essential for life, and its quality has long been recognised

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    “How do chemical elements effect the environment” (1.236 words) Atmospheric pollution Most of the people live within the major cities where the evidence of pollution in the atmosphere can almost be seen daily. Your Task You will need to write an essay (700-1200 words) or prepare a presentation using the following guidelines. • How are chemist addressing the problem of athmospheric pollution? • Describe the impact on one or two of the following factors : scoial,economic

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    going into the air and causing pollution. Even big things like disposing of trash properly can really make a difference in the world. People fail to realize that everything they do finds a way to effect the people around them. Ultimately, humans really do play a big impact on the ecosystem both positively and negatively. Humans play a huge role on impacting the ecosystem, they are impacting the ecosystem by contributing to pollution, global warming, and deforestation. Pollution has been an issue

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    This has resulted in an ongoing struggle to protect air quality, Liberia as a third world country has not embodied strategic environmental regulation policies to curb the increasing rate of air pollution. Outdoor air pollution has exposed the people of Liberia to a serious environmental and public health deficiencies i.e. respiratory disorders, cancers, etc. Air pollutants in My Community and the Possible Causes of Air Pollution Air pollution have become a problem in Monrovia, the capital city

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    Coal-fired Power Plant

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    acid rains, storms, droughts, etc. Along with the hostile environment, the human beings are in danger of the spreading disease, such as malaria. Coal-fired power plant generates 44 percent of the electricity; however, it is considered the biggest air polluter in the United States and one of the biggest factors in causing global warming. The greenhouse gas emissions from the coal-fired power plants are threatening the human health and the ecosystems. Fortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the

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    can be exhibited by the increase of pollution within our world. As our population begins to grow, so does our carbon footprint upon the earth. On a more localized scale, the Central Valley is a mecca to poor air quality and elevating pollution levels. An assortment of environmental factors increases pollution levels. The central Valley is a mecca for the climate, natural, industrial, mobile and agricultural components that equate to this growing problem. Pollution, otherwise known as PM, or particulate

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    Acid Rain Essay

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    In describing acid precipitation pollutant chosen it is more commonly known as acid rain representing a form of secondary pollution (EB,2013). Nitrogen and sulfur oxides are released into the atmosphere reacting to water and other components forming acids (EB, 2013). Acid rain refers to two different processes that enable the acid suspended in the atmosphere to deposit on the Earth’s surface water dries (EB, 2013). Wet acid decomposition fades to the Earth’s surface when it rains snows or fogs

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    Through recent studies, scientists have noticed that political issues have actually made the air in the Middle East cleaner. Scientists have discovered this because of the significant changes they can see from space. These scientists looked at 10 years of recorded data taken by NASA’s Aura spacecraft which records the Ozone levels such as nitrogen oxide. Nitrogen oxide emissions have dropped because of the civil war in Syria, movement of refugees, new environmental safety laws and the amounts of

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