Environmental Awareness Essay

Cost Benefit Analysis The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in every state has a program that focuses on attaining and maintaining air quality standards with the finality of reducing the factors that could potentially affect a person’s health. Oregon has adopted regulations from neighboring states such as California, as they have had more experience and knowledge in alternative ways for reducing air pollutants. Part of that transition has been to develop and enforce Low Emission Vehicle…

Pollution is a term used to describe mostly particles that are harmful in the air. Many things can cause pollution weather they be human like riding the car instead of taking the bus or natural phenomena like the eruption of a volcano. Pollution can come in many forms; they can be in tiny solids ranging from a few microns to gases floating around in the atmosphere. A recent study shows that pollutants less than 10 microns in diameter are in correlation with people dying of lung and heart…

Some of the very first food packaging materials were animal skin, leaves, nuts or wood. Hunters and gatherers used every part of the animals that they killed and recycled the leftovers. As civilizations advanced, their methods of packaging did as well. Depending on where people lived, some people had woven sacks and baskets while others made clay pots and bowls. They were able to store food for later use during harsh conditions such as a drought or winter. Then commerce introduced new packaging…

The American cultural has a deep profundity on racing, making this sport a profound heritage among different kinds of car enthusiasts. However, this deep embodiment of racing can possibly shatter with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introducing the, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles – Phase 2 that resides under the Clean Air Act. This regulation, is a vague proposal that can potentially hurt the vibrant industry of…

pollution control in American history. This was also the birth of Earth Day. Both have drawn great attention to the cause. In 1969 the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) drew over five hundred members to bring awareness to the environment. The theme was “Man and his Environment: A View Towards Survival. The conference had multiple…

Despite their intentions, a majority of marine conservation acts passed by Congress have not been enforced properly or are ignored entirely. Some environmentalists argue that we as citizens are to blame because we are too busy with our personal lives to care about the environment—most of us don’t recycle, utilize alternative sources of energy, or think twice about the detrimental effects that our lifestyles and everyday habits have on the oceans, let alone any other ecosystem or even the Earth,…

not currently used as a salt water disposal area. The Birds Nest aquifer area that has less than 10,000 mg/L TDS can be used in the future as a salt water disposal zone as long as an Aquifer Exemption is approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA Region 8 has jurisdiction over this area of permitting salt water disposal wells. “Wastewater injected into disposal wells may, in some circumstances, migrate to the surface or into freshwater aquifers” (Johnston, J, et. al,…

In the article Don't Forget about Flint, Michigan by Philip Lewis we see a tragic situation that could have been handled more precisely. Unlike a hurricane which can’t be prevented, this water crisis could have been prevented. Coming from a Utilitarian point of view, the Flint water debate is something less than tragic. The government has put the citizens in a spot were they can’t even get clean water to do normal, daily things. Over half of Flint’s population is African American and they see it…

Abstract Objective: Snoring and body mass index (BMI) have been previously reported to be associated with metabolic syndrome(MetS). The aim of this study is to explore the individual effects and possible interaction of snoring and BMI on MetS. Methods: A total of 3794 coal miners aged 18-65 years old were recruited from Shanxi province of China. The individual effects were assessed by multivariable logistic regression model. The interaction on an additive scale between snoring and BMI was…

Heavy metals are found toxic to humans as well as canines. Canines are much more susceptible to absorbing heavy metals than humans. One of the major effects of the heavy metals is reducing the metabolism in both humans and canines through accumulation of toxins. This experiment can provide evidence as to how much of the experimental toxin (arsenic and cadmium) affects cells’ metabolism when allowed to accumulate after 72 hours. In addition, different amounts of arsenic and cadmium (50 ppm, 100…