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…, and more commonly known, aerosol cans. In 1980, Mt. St. Helens erupted, spewing millions of tons of ash and pollutants into the air. It is a proven fact that more CFC’s were released into the atmosphere by the volcano in one hour than man has in our entire…

…and curb pollution; it will save us all money in the months to come as gas prices reach higher and higher every day. We must preserve our farmland. The fertile soil of this nation was not made overnight. Thousands of years of unique events have combined…

…of Europe. Belarus was affected the most by the Chernobyl Accident. About 70 percent of all released substances from Chernobyl landed on its ground. More then 1.8 million people are sill living in heavy polluted areas. Less areas in Ukraine and Russia were…

…splits northern England into northwestern and northeastern sections. England's major river, the Thames is approximately 205 miles long. The river was biologically dead in the 1950's, but changing land use together with improved pollution control have brought…

…it comes from the earth and is more wholesome then some pill formulated in a lab. These people feel as though drugs pollute their bodies the same way artificial fertilizers and pesticides pollute the world. Practitioners of natural medicine when given the choice…

…are still reeling from the loss of income and markets after the oil wiped out fish eggs, polluted salmon streams and canceled fishing seasons. The value of commercial fishing permits, which once practically guaranteed a good life, college for the kids…

…to increase the defense budget as much as Clinton has proposed, the money can be spent in better places. Environment; he wants to make such that the non polluted areas stay unpolluted, and continue to work on cleaning up the polluted areas in the US. Taxes…

…as tragic as the Exxon Valdez, but there have been some benefits. On August 18, 1990, eighteen months after the oil spill, the Federal Oil Pollution Act (OPA) was passed. The OPA of 1990 ended a fourteen-year deadlock over how to improve oil laws. This act…

…because of contamination. At first the soil around Chernobyl was severely polluted and therefore no one would purchase agriculture from that region. Eventually as time passed and pollutants eroded, the selling of agriculture rose again, but not to what…

…skin and make it incapable of biodegrading. Leather tanneries not only emit a foul odor, but also produce a host of pollutants, including lead, zinc, formaldehyde, dyes, and cyanide based chemicals. Tannery runoff contains those toxic substances as well…