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    It’s a useable hazard, but noise pollution is actually a big and frequently violent threatened to ocean natural world. The loudest and so much disruptive anthropogenic ocean sounds derive from military radar, oil inspection and in industry transporting, and the center is operating to protect r coastal living individually from the particular hazards. Seas would those biggest water forms on the planet earth. In the most recent few decades, surplus human exercises bring extremely influenced that marine

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    Las Vegas, Nevada and the surrounding Clark County ranks in the 90-100th percentile for the dirtiest/worst counties in the U.S. in terms of pollution from Carbon Monoxide emissions, Nitrogen Oxide emissions, PM-2.5 emissions, PM-10 emissions, and Sulfur Dioxide emissions (Scorecard, 2011b). These same pollutants are known to cause cytotoxic and functional damages to human airways through oxidative stress and inflammation; which are linked to respiratory diseases in children (Ferrante, Antona, Malizia

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    environments, specifically the air pollution and the water pollution. China began seeing an increase in cancer a few decades ago when their industrial movement began. Pollution from the factories seem to be the leading cause of cancer in the Chinese population. This is a major socioeconomic issue because in order to clean the environment, factories would be forced to close or relocate. Initially, the Chinese government denied that cancer was a byproduct of pollution. Although recently they were forced

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    Marine Pollution

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    I wonder if people think about the consequences of littering before doing it and the harm that it has on the sea life? Over the last few decades human activities have become a danger to marine life, through marine pollution. According to WWF.panda.org over 80% of marine pollution comes from land-based activities, such as oil, fertilisers, general rubbish, sewage disposal, and toxic chemicals. As someone who cares about ocean and its sea life these statistics always saddens me to think that humans

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    Pollution In China

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    Currently, most countries have made numerous environmental policies and spent lots of money to stop environmental pollution and protect the environment. In China, China’s leaders were putting, even more, emphasis on the companies who make chemical production, especially after chemical disasters in recent years. Although China has made great process in supervision pollution, the serious gaps still exist in hazardous materials’ oversight in China. Recently, there was uproar among Chinese families after

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    Human Pollution

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    The world is dying. The world is being overrun with human pollution. The most polluted parts are the parts nobody notices until they see trash floating upon waves and washing onto shores. The animals get tangled up and cannot escape from human filth. There is no escape for them. This is why people need to help prevent trash from getting into the oceans. Even if helping prevent trash from entering the ocean cost more money than allowing it to enter the water system, it will prevent ecosystems, environments

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    Environmental Pollution

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    environment leading to environmental pollution and climatic change. In the United Kingdom for example, the ‘Great Smog of 1952’ cannot be forgotten in history when we talk about environmental pollution and it effect on human. The great smog of 1952 which was formed from steady smog missed with soot and sulphur dioxide from coal burning occurred killed 12,000 people in the United Kingdom killed (Fullerton 2016). This in addition to other serious environmental pollution and their effect on the environment

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    Fukushima Pollution

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    The environment also suffers when floods happen. Chemicals and other hazardous substances end up in the water and eventually contaminate the water bodies that floods end up in. In 2011, a huge tsunami hit Japan, and sea water flooded a part of the coastline. The flooding caused massive leakage in nuclear plants and has since caused high radiation in that area. Authorities in Japan fear that Fukushima radiation levels are 18 times higher than even thought. Additionally, flooding causes kills animals

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    Introduction Pollution is serious problem that influence our normal day lives, especially in the industrial city such as London in the middle of 18th century. Nowadays, pollution problem is getting worse and worse all around the world and people’s lives are effected from it. For example, the Air pollution problem in Beijing or the water pollution problem in East China Sea. Pollution is defined as” the action of polluting especially by environmental contamination with man-made waste.” in merriam-webster

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    effect your air pollution like carbon monoxide you can get things like asthma. Also there fresh water there different type of water depend where you live. Finally there is way to increase your environmental health and those around you. Cars and trucks produce air pollution throughout their life, carrying pollution emitted during vehicle service, refueling, construction, and disposal. Additional emissions are combined with the refini ary and secondary pollution. Primary pollution is emitted directly

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