7. Water Pollution WHAT IS IT? Water pollution is the contamination of Earth’s waters caused by sewage, sludge, garbage, and toxic pollutants dumped into the water . CAUSES Sewage, sludge, garbage, and even toxic pollutants are all dumped into the water and governments do not really care. No efforts are made to disinfect or to remove harmful pollutants. Chemicals dumped by industries and governments. Oil has been dumped into water between 1 and 10 billion tons of oil every year.
10. Human can get diseases such as hepatitis by eating seafood that has been poisoned.SOLUTIONS Clean Water Act Non-governmental projects Dispose you trash in a proper manner Do no throw products into your toilet or sink Do not litter into streams, lakes, rivers, or seas Turning tap off when you do not need the water running.
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12. Air Pollution includes smog, acid rain, the greenhouse effect, and “holes” in the ozone layer.
15. Black Carbon- release of fuels, and smoke of industries, the smoke of the chimneys, automobiles, burning of wood, burning of trash, cooking, and more.
16. Noxious Gases- form acid rain and smog. These are caused by chemicals in water that then are being evaporated.
17. Smog is obtained from the diesel from the cars, and the smoke from the industrial buildings and factories.
19. 25%-62% is greater than outdoors percentages of pollution.
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22. Noise Pollution WHAT IS IT? Noise pollution is unpleasant human, animal or machine-created sounds that disrupt the normal functioning of human or animal life. Noise is a sound without a rhythm and only annoys us. CAUSES The source of most outdoor noise in the world is transportation, including motor noise, and airplane noise. Other sources of indoor and outdoor noise pollution are car alarms, emergency sirens, factories, construction work, barking dogs, house appliances, power tools, audio entertainment systems, and noisy people.
23. EFFECTS Noise causes health and/or behavioral effects. Noise pollution can cause annoyance, aggression, hypertension, lots of stress, tinnitus, hearing loss, sleep problems, and other harmful effects. Furthermore, stress and hypertension are some of the main causes to lots of health problems, whereas tinnitus can lead to forgetfulness, severe depression and sometimes, panic attacks. Too much noise could help cardiovascular diseases to develop. Exposure to somewhat high levels of noise during several hours a day causes an increase in stress, which rises your blood pressure. SOLUTIONS Try not to make too much noise when out in the street. If possible, use a less noisy car. Switch your electrical appliances to ones that are more quiet. Don’t put your stereo on too loud.
24. Visual Pollution WHAT IS IT? Is a term given for unattractive man made or any other thing that people don’t feel comfortable looking at. This type of pollution is said to be aesthetic, referring to the impact it has on us by not letting us enjoy the view. Visual pollution limits the ability to view distant objects. The Term Visual pollution is used meaning that things man made cover the good visibility of natural objects. CAUSES Can be cause by man, and as well by natural causes. But it is mostly caused by man. Bill boards announcing stuff, public advertisements everywhere in the city, stop lights, telephone and utility posts, graffiti, litter, etc. NATURAL CAUSES Weeds, Algae ,Grass growing where it shouldn’t EFFECTS Tourists might not find this very attractive
25. Solutions Reducing billboards Stop graffiti No littering Cleaning up, starting with places we visit. Education. Showing kids to place trash in the right spot, showing them that graffiti is bat etc…
26. Light Pollution WHAT IS IT? Is also known as photo pollution, or luminous pollution. It is the excessive artificial light. Light pollution destroys the views of natural stuff. Light energy refers to energy consumption More light than what we actually need. CAUSES People using excessive lights Lights on all night Billboard with neon lights
27. EFFECTS Billions of dollars are wasted every year in the U.S Wasted energy because of too much use Light pollution consumes lots of valuable natural resources SOLUTIONS We can help by putting lights showing to the ground instead of to the air. By having lights on only when needed Try to reduce the wattage
28. We can save the world The Earth suffers.. The 25% of animals in the earth no longer exist As we pollute the water, Fish are dying. The earth is dying.. We are dying You and I are murderers Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but Footprints We will not understand the worth of water ‘till the water is dry The earth is dying.. STOP POLLUTING
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