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    Environmental Pollution

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    Even though many people do not believe in global warming or the fact that pollution contributes to global warming, the author can provide evidence of this pollution in the air, water, and soil by using scientific studies. With our assigned readings we saw just that. Many of the authors try to make the same point, just with different approaches, like how the environment is damaged and how that damage affects us. The first example are herbicides that can be harmful to soil and agriculture farms. For

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    Over the course of the mid to late 20th century, five species of non-native carp fish, collectively referred to as “Asian carp”, have been introduced to the United States either for aesthetic purposes, to supplement game fishing, or to help manage local pest species. Some of these carp species have escaped into America’s waterways and proved to be prolific breeders and voracious feeders, out-hunting and out-breeding native species. As with any environmental issue, there exist many parties who have

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    ponds clean from weed and parasite growth. However, due to flooding in the Mississippi River the Asian Carp has started invading the Missouri River and the Illinois River. Since the Illinois River is connected to the Great Lakes via the Chicago Sanitary and the Ship Canal the Asian Carp freely swim through the bodies of water. (National

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    the place of construction. Different places had different availability of materials and labour which shaped the design of housing. Each technology therefore had an impact and was a common thread unifying changes in housing in Athens, Paris and Chicago. From this it can be seen that innovative technology continues to advance and cause significant social change that is, ‘certain urban characteristics flow inevitably from new technologies’ (Chant 1999). By the fifth century the Greeks were distinguished

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    The supplier our group chose for our chemical mineral spirits 75 is CITGO. There are eight performance standards and I will be covering performance standards 3, Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention, and performance standard 4, Community Health, Safety, and Security. Through the evaluation of the performance standards to the findings about CITGO is how we will determine if CITGO is a suitable supplier for our chemical Performance 3 talks about how air, water, and land pollution can be enlarged

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    We are looking for a chemical called Mineral Spirits 75 and we are evaluating one of three Citgo Refining companies the Citgo Refinery in Lemont, IL, and applying their sustainability practices to the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) guidelines to determine if this company is suitable supplier for the chemical we are looking for. The EHS guidelines are a series of documents that gives of examples of Good International Industry Practice for short GIIP. These guidelines contain levels and expectations

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