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    some of the histories of benzene in the relationship to leukemia. We are going to talk about the effect that benzene has on younger children and cancer. After, we are going to cover some different countries other than the United States and how air toxic pollution is having a negative effect on their atmosphere. Then we will talk about the REDD program and lastly talk about what Norway is doing to help with this problem Benzene is an important industrial chemical with about 2 billion pounds produced

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    are two of main reason result in air pollution and make bad impacts on people’s health in China. Most of times when haze happened in people’s life it lasts for a long time in a severe way. People in China can feel that air pollution become much worse day by day since 2012. People even need to check the air pollution index to arrange their lives; they wear a paper mask or more serious mask to go out and to work even to have parties with friends. People rely on fresh air to live, but now they even do

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    Regulated by state, local, and federal authorities; the Asarco copper refinery operated for more than 110 years and employed more than 25,000 people/worker. As time progressed, numerous supposive health hazards that included pollution, lung cancer, lead poisoning, and exposure to dangerous chemicals such as: Zinc, Cadmium, and Chromium, were brought upon the workers of Asarco and the community of El Paso, Texas. Due to numerous court hearings pertaining to the subject of environmental safety, Asarco

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    Fracking technology. What are the environmental and health issues related to fracking technology on extraction of shale gas and oil? Unconventional gas and oil extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing, hydrofracking or fracking is a technique used to extract shale gas and oil, on which high pressure fluid is injected, mainly water, containing sand, chemicals or other granular materials which are pumped with a fluid medium under pressure into rock, so that fractures formed in this process

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    Construction and the Environment Assignment One The year 1992 and the ‘Earth Summit ' in Rio de Janeiro marked a paradigm shift in the attitude of the governments of the world, as over 150 delegates attended and recognised the importance of ecological issues to the future of humanity. This was of great significance to the construction industry, as one of the greatest consumers, and producers, of our economic system. ‘Construction accounts for 40% of the total flow of raw materials into

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    to a virtually standstill. This is not the first or the last smog hit London, but it has became a landmark of air pollution epidemiology not only because its scale of the

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    What are the effects of air pollution? Acidification: Chemical reactions involving air pollutants can create acidic compounds which can cause harm to vegetation and buildings. Sometimes, when an air pollutant, such as sulfuric acid combines with the water droplets that make up clouds, the water droplets become acidic, forming acid rain. When acid rain falls over an area, it can kill trees and harm animals, fish, and other wildlife.  Acid rain destroys the leaves of plants. When acid rain

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    Air is vital to our planet, life is simply impossible without it. Air pollution “refers to the contamination of the air, irrespective of indoors or outside. A physical, biological or chemical alteration to the air in the atmosphere can be termed as pollution. It occurs when any harmful gases, dust, smoke enters into the atmosphere and makes it difficult for plants, animals and humans to survive as the air becomes dirty.” (Jacobson, 2017) Air pollution has introduced countless negative effects to

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    Clean Air Act is the greatest act ever passed Although rarely discussed and unknown, the clean air act of 1970 and its amendments has helped the United States and its people greatly in the past 40-plus years. The act was originally created to regulate 6 criteria pollutants: lead, carbon monoxide, ozone, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, and nitrogen dioxide. Then, the Clean Air Act amendments of 1990 expanded on these by targeting four other areas: acid rain, urban air pollution, toxic air emissions

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    and the poor to protest for the environment rights, allowing for the United States Environmental Protection Agency to pass the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts by the end of the 1970’s (History of earth day, 2017). Ever since then each year the Earth Day theme or focus point is a different environmental problem like climate changes, air pollution, and other pollutants. More Earth day is a well publicized global event getting bigger and bigger each year with its

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