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…are being violated. However if the answer was yes, a different point of view may be looked at. The position of all society, that if nothing is done this will result in a increase in pollution, and poverty also a decline in resources will result…
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…of the increased costs of solid- and hazardous-waste disposal, the scarcity of natural resources, and the growing concern over polluted land, water, and air. There are two types of recycling operations: internal and external. Internal recycling is the reuse…
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…and sulfur. Carbon is the major element in fossil fuels. We obtain energy from fossil fuels by burning them. Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel in the U.S. Yet it has a major disadvantage. It is a strong pollutant. When it is burned, it releases impurities like…
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…. It then becomes sulphuric acid as it joins with hydrogen atoms in the air and falls back down to earth. Oxidation occurs the most in clouds and especially in heavily polluted air where other compounds such as ammonia and ozone help to catalyze the reaction, converting…
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…. The acid in acid rain comes from two kinds of air pollutants-- sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). These are emitted primarily from utility and smelter "smokestacks" and automobile, truck and bus exhausts, but they also come from burning wood…
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…. The acid in acid rain comes from two kinds of air pollutants-- sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). These are emitted primarily from utility and smelter "smokestacks" and automobile, truck and bus exhausts, but they also come from burning wood…
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…, or air into the deposits. The widespread use of petroleum has created serious environmental problems. The great quantities that are burned as fuels generate most of the air pollution in industrialized countries, and oil spilled from tankers and offshore…
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…the environmental NGO WALHI brought a court case against the company and the government which sanctioned its construction in 1989 for the high pollution it was provoking. Powerful interest soon moved in, but the villagers continued their struggle against the company…
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…. This brought up because people are tending to eat to many acid foods and not enough alkaline foods. III) Holes in your pantyhose or eye discomfort in the rain is due to something called acid rain. Simply acid rain comes from pollution and toxics given off…
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…. There is absolutely no pollution, save for factory equipment, which produces almost nothing, and the water is 100% renewable. Unfortunately, this source of energy is rather limited in Australia, as Australia isn't on a crack between two plates. In other words, there aren't…
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