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    of 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

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    Contaminating the Environment Humans are able to control nature unlike any other creature here on earth. We are the smartest of all the animals on this planet. This is why we are able to control most of the good or bad effects that happen here on earth. However, we do not always do what is best for the environment. Every year people and animals die from us polluting the earth. Chemicals are becoming one of the main problems with controlling the environment. Humans’ spray poisons

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    such as pollution, ozone layer thinning, global warming etc. Human impact is a serious threat to ecosystem and food chain of Antarctica. In the last few decades, various marine species of Antarctic ecosystem have been brought close to extinction because of human activities in various forms such as pollution from sewage and other contaminants, overfishing and other mixed activities and

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    However, there are still main air pollutants present. These pollutants, in their nature, can pose some risks to individuals health and surrounding environments. These pollutants are Ozone and Particulate Matter (WeatherBug, December 2017). And they are both considered pollutants that can be negative to human health. Ozone is a gas formed from oxygen molecule and oxygen atom. It is very abundant in our atmosphere but, mostly at the upper levels of the atmosphere. It can be beneficial or not to human

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    Tim, you're right. Climate change is a controversial topic. Not because people deny it, but because there's scientific evidence against it. Let's review. The Americas have always been unpredictable when it comes to natural disasters, according to The Americas - Mother Nature’s Playhouse, a documentary detailing how extreme and dangerous the nature of North America. Early settlers were astounded by how fast the weather changed. Hurricanes and earthquakes have always been prominent in the coastal regions

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    While the industrial Revolution brought businesses to life and many people were able to get jobs, the cities became crammed with waste. Coal overwhelmed cities in so much some that harmed the lungs so thousands of people and ravaged the ozone layer the ozone layer. With all chemicals that come from plants being ran into the water caused water pollution and in the 20th century it was discovered that those pollutions lead to disease like cholera and typhoid. Not only was our air and

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    harmed by pollution. Pollution can kill human and animals, contaminate water, and even kill large crops.Big factories so some of the worse polluting, the dismiss large amount of chemicals in the smoke, they then rise which will put wholes in the ozone layer. That can let the harmful radiation from the sun in the air we breath. Long term exposure to air pollution can lead to chronic respiratory disease and lung cancer. Many people don’t realize that pollution drastically effects the planet and every

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    For hundreds of thousands of years, humans have been polluting the planet. From leaving scraps of animal they killed, to us, now, throwing trash out the window. By the 1800s, people began to understand that unsanitary living conditions and water contamination contributed to disease epidemics (US Department of Commerce). Pollution is the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects. There are many different types of pollution: air,

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    effects on the atmosphere and thus reduces the protective effects the stratosphere has in minimizing ultraviolet B radiation (Hendeles, Colice, & Meyer, 2007, p. 1344).  “The World Health Organization estimated that a 10% decrease in stratospheric ozone levels would lead to an additional 300,000 non-melanomas and 4500 melanoma skin cancers worldwide annually” (Hendeles, Colice, & Meyer, 2007, p. 1344).  The 2008 ban stems from

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    ID:1208432 Major: Hospitality Management Air pollution is a problem that has plagued New York City for years, and has led to health and environmental defects. Common forms of air pollution are PM 2.5, nitrogen oxides, elemental carbon, sulfur dioxide and ozone. As it is, New York city has attempted to deal with these problems, with little to no progress being made. Recently, innovations and ideas have slowly started to surface with the hope of eradicating pollution faster than it is being produced. Simple

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