on why you should care about the environment and what impacts it. Approximately 40% of deaths globally are cause by pollution, and the number of humans that are diagnosed with diseases from pollution are increasing. The more we are polluting our air, water, and soil, and degrading our environment the more the population is hurting. (Cornell) This chart shows deaths due to cardiovascular disease. This chart shows deaths attributable to solid fuel use. Where do pollutants come from? A
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THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING NATURE Nature is God’s greatest boon to mankind. Nature is the mother of all creations on our earth. The air that we breath, the water that we drink, the food that we consume, the furniture that we use, etc. are all gifted by Mother Nature. If not for nature life on earth would have been unimaginable. The bright sunshine, the beautiful mountains, the showers of rain, the tamed and wild animals, the gems and the jewels, the paper on which we write all are the
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Environmental Science The primary air pollutants in China Associate Professor : XU Bin Student: Dragan Cigoja Student number: 1593686 Mentor: Lecturer WU Bing The primary air pollutants in China API Air Pollution Index China State Environment protection Agency started with daily pollution monitoring from 2008 and it was covered 86 most important cities. Its purpouse is to check daily air quality by measuring the level of six atmospheric pollutants (table 1). Air pollutant Particle pollution Formula
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INTRODUCTION With the great concern surrounding the destruction of the earth's atmosphere due to air pollution, the immediate and direct harm caused to the human body is often over shadowed. While many are aware that our careless use of hazardous chemicals and fossil fuels may leave the planet uninhabitable in the future, most over look the fact that they also cause real damage to our bodies at this moment. Such pollutants cause damage to our respiratory system, leading to the fluctuation of the
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Senior Secondary Course Notes 10 ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION Developmental activities such as construction, transportation and manufacturing not only deplete the natural resources but also produce large amount of wastes that leads to pollution of air, water, soil, and oceans; global warming and acid rains. Untreated or improperly treated waste is a major cause of pollution of rivers and environmental degradation causing ill health and loss of crop productivity. In this lesson you will study about
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Plug the AC power cord connector into the power supply, then plug the power cord into an electrical outlet. Plug the power supply cord connector into the device. Attach the tubing to the optional swivel and attach the swivel to the device’s air outlet. Or, attach the tubing directly
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BIO-CLEAR Air Purifier * In 1995 Mr. T. Wan of RW & Company agreed with his foreign suppliers that there would be a market for its BIO-CLEAR air purifier in the Philippines. Since there was then as yet no such comparable commercial product in the local market, the decision was made to bring it to the market as fast as possible. This decision was made to preempt the competition, to be able to define the market by being the first product that was to be locally available, and to build up
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No. 1 August, 2004 Indoor Air Quality Guideline Formaldehyde in the Home About This Guideline This indoor air quality guideline summarizes the health effects of formaldehyde and tells about sources of formaldehyde in your home. The guideline also explains how you and your family can reduce your exposure to formaldehyde. The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has classified formaldehyde as a Toxic Air Contaminant, based on its potential to cause cancer and other adverse health effects. What
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INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIONS ON AIR POLLUTION Lu Li, Zhaowei Liu ECON508: Applied econometrics May 10, 2013 Abstract In China, many environmental problems have been ignored when it mainly focused on a higher pace of economic growth for a long time. In this paper, we aim at finding the relationship between air pollutions and its potential contributor—industrial development. And we are also interested in finding out which department in industry contributes most to air pollution. With these questions
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