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    Linked to Exposure of Ambient Air Pollution Most people have heard that air pollution is bad for the planet. That pollutants we put in the air are causing this thing called “Global Warming.” The information that sometimes gets left out is the impact of ambient air pollution to the health of humans. Ambient air pollution is outdoor pollution originating from industries, cars, and trucks. These pollutants can wreak havoc on the human respiratory system (Ambient air pollution). Respiratory conditions such

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    Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans and groundwater). Water pollution affects plants and organisms living in these bodies of water; and, in almost all cases the effect is damaging not only to individual species and populations, but also to the natural biological communities. Water pollution occurs when pollutants are discharged directly or indirectly into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds. Contents [hide] • 1 Introduction

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    year to year. Weather data on the other hand is taken on a daily basis from consistent locations and drought data is compiled every month. Trying to merge or over lay these two types of data proved to be difficult. Due to these issues it is import to point out that correlation does not imply causation. Many other variables could affect water impairment at the time of a drought or

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    Pollution is causing our entire ocean ecosystem to go downhill. While many people are oblivious to that statement, there are also many good minded people who can see the truth. The amount of trash that is being put into our oceans, even intentionally, is mind blowing. “There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. Of that mass, 269,000 tons float on the surface, while some four billion plastic microfibers per square kilometer litter the deep sea” (Ocean Trash). All of that trash

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    The Clean Water Act, otherwise known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, was passed in 1972 and aims to maintain the integrity of the United States’ waters by regulating the discharge of pollutants and maintaining quality standards for surface waters. One important type of regulation under the Clean Water Act is of nonpoint pollution sources, sources of water pollution that do not diffuse from a single identifiable source including agricultural pesticides, animal wastes and other components

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    contamination or water pollution? (Conserve Energy Future, 2017) (1). Water contamination or water pollution is described as the closeness in groundwater of harmful chemicals and natural and organic specialists that outperform what is ordinarily found in the water and may speak to a hazard to human prosperity and also the earth. In addition, it might contain chemicals brought into the water as a result of the human exercises. (Woodford, 2017) (2). Primary drivers of water pollution are solid & domestic

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    Overview of Air Pollution

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    Introduction Air pollution remains one of the most urgent and serious problems facing the world today. Research studies conducted in the past have clearly indicated that in addition to harming the environment, the effects of air pollution on human health are particularly adverse. In this text, I discuss air pollution, its causes, and effects. Further, I propose solutions that could be embraced to rein in the problem of air pollution. Air Pollution: An Overview Air pollution in the words of Miller

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    Water Pollution

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    Water Pollution Pollution is harmful to the world that we have come to love and know. Pollution’s harmful effects on the natural world, our environment is tragic. Pollution is a hazard to a human’s health, and causes a vulnerable stage to the Earth’s ecosystem. There are several types of pollution such as; noise, water, air, thermal, and many more. Water pollution, in particular, is the contamination from harsh chemicals, from various outlets, that spread into the bodies of water that will affect

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    the National Ocean Service, the largest source of ocean pollution is the land. This is said to comprise of eighty percent of the total ocean pollution. There are different types of land pollution to the ocean, the nonpoint source pollution and the on point source pollution. The non-point source pollution result from water runoff from the land. This type of run off has no designated point at which they enter the ocean and hence the name nonpoint land pollution (NOAA, 1). The run off carries oil drops

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    energy and food. Sunlight is the primary source of energy used by organisms on the earth 's surface. There are two types of organisms, autotrophs, and heterotrophs. Autotrophs can produce their food

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