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Pollution
Aljazy alshehween
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Index:
Introduction
Pollution
Advantages and disadvantages
Forms of pollution
Causes of pollution
Kinds of pollution
Pollution effects
Water pollution
Soil pollution effects
indoor and outdoor pollution
History of air pollution
History of Hazardous waste pollution
Conclusion
Pictures
References
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Introduction:
Do you think about our pollution and how we should save it? While I was
thinking about a topic for the research paper. I was looking for an interesting
topics, during my brain storming proses I decided to write about helpful topic
which is pollution so we can live in a better life. Everything in this life have an
advantage and disadvantage even pollution, so we have to know the
disadvantages to help our environment.
Pollution:
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that
cause adverse change. Pollution is any discharge of material, energy or
chemical substances. It is the addition to the ecosystem of something which has
a detrimental effect on it. Pollutants may cause primary damage, with direct
identifiable impact on the environment, or secondary damage in the form of
minor perturbations in the delicate balance of the biological food web that
detectable over long time periods.
Advantages and disadvantages of pollution:
The advantage is that plants can give out more oxygen in day time which is
healthy.
The disadvantage is that our surrounding may be polluted and not clean.
Forms of pollution:
There are many forms such as conventional and toxic:
1cadmium
2copper
3lead
4mercury
5phenol
conventional:
1ammonia
2BOD
3Nitrogen
4Pathogens
5Phosphorus
Causes of pollution:
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The ultimate cause of pollution is human activity itself. Which is:
1industries for various human needs
2agriculture for food production and industrial needs
3health care for health of human beings and animals
4transports for mobility if human beings
5dwelling for settlement in city or villages
6energy for various direct human needs and industrial needs
Kinds of pollution:
Air pollution: is the contamination of our air by harmful substances such as
carbon monoxide and random particles.
Water pollution: is any chemical, physical or biological change in the quality of
water that has a harmful effect on the drinks or uses.
Soil pollution: is mainly due to chemicals in herbicides and pesticides, dumped
in public places such as streets, parks, picnic areas, at bus and near shops.
Pollution effect:
Air pollution have many effect that affect the human being and environment
such as, asthma attacks, headaches and dizziness, cancer, premature death,
irritation of eyes, nose, mouth and throat, also increased respiratory disease
such as bronchitis, cardiovascular problems, neurobehavioral disorders, reduced
energy levels, reduced lung functioning.
Water pollution:
Typhoid, Amoebiasis, Giardiasis, Ascariasis, Hookworm. They are a diseases
caused by polluted drinking water.
Rashes, ear ache, pink eye, respiratory infections, hepatitis, encephalitis,
gastroenteritis, diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach aches. They are a diseases
caused by polluted beach water.
Soil pollution effects:
Causes cancer including leukemia, causes neuromuscular blockage as well as
depression of the central nervous system, also causes headaches, nausea,
fatigue, eye irritation and skin rash, for young children causing developmental
damage to the brain.
indoor and outdoor pollution:
Indoor
Outdoor
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Smoking effect the person and all
people contact with it
Fumes from gasburners, paints,
cleaning materials
Gases from gasburners as nitrogen,
carbon etc
The strong outdoor from these
chemicals makes breathing
uncomfortable and can worsen
existing allergies
Volatile organic compounds like
benzene.
Metals such as copper and lead.
Ground level ozone is produced by
a chemical reaction in the air
between pollution and sunlight.
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is found in
motor-car exhaust fumes
History of air pollution:
Year
1948
1953
1963
1965
1966
Location
Donora, Pennsylvania
New york
New york
New york
New york
Casualties
20 dead, 600 injured
250 dead
200 – 400 dead
400 dead
165 dead
History of Hazardous waste pollution:
Year
1966
Location
Detroit, Michigan
1970
Love Canal, New york
1979
Elizabeth, New jersey
1979
Three mile island
1979
Woburn,
Massachusetts
Damage
Nuclear power plant
Meltdown
Birth defects that were
caused by a toxic
waste dump
30 injured by toxic
smoke from an
explosion
Nuclear power plant
meltdown with a
release of nuclear gas
and water
Toxic waste dump
causes 15 people to die
Conclusion:
In summary, we can understand from this research that pollution is a human
behavior if we do our best to help environment we will live with a better place
and health. Lets educate the community about this issue and try to resolve it.
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Pictures:
Air pollution:
Water pollution :
Soil pollution:
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References:
http://premit08.hubpages.com/hub/how-to-prevent-from-polluion
http://ww.asthma.co.za/articales/ref03.htm
http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~ra128/histor~1.htm
http://www.tropical-rainforest-animals.com/pollution-effects.html
http://www.cotf.edu/ETE/modules/waterq/forms.htm
http://www.tutorvista.com/content/biology-iv/environmental-pollution/polluioncauses.php
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