Air pollution

The goals of this report are to explore how The Oregon BlueGreen Alliance can work to support the creation of quality green jobs as a co-benefit for low income communities in differing contexts and stages of local climate action planning. This section of the report outlines the research design and objectives. Interviews and climate plans were evaluated from several cities, three case studies were selected as the primary sites of inquiry to gain a detailed understanding of how climate plans are…

children, the elderly, and those with compromised immune systems. Exposure to toxic mold can occur simply by breathing tainted air in a home, or worse from direct contact with the mold. Wet mold does not pose a health risk by tainting indoor air, but when the fungus dries there is the potential for mold spores to be released into the air. This poses a significant risk to indoor air quality. Some of the known health risks faced by those who have been exposed to Black Mold include:…

improve their enforcement of rules regarding soot and black carbon pollution from diesel engines. The author’s main reasons to support his view are that cleaning the pollution up is easy, practical, and affordable, but diesel emissions still pose a danger to humans and the climate when state enforcement of diesel pollution rules is lacking (Paragraph 2 and 3). In paragraph four and five, Carl Pope describes how diesel pollution poses a danger to humans and the climate by mentioning soot as…

Fire ants are particularly nasty pests and their presence has become commonplace in over 15 different states in the U.S. Some Fire Ants are native to the United States, but some were accidentally imported. They tend to thrive in warm, humid areas, as they are susceptible to cold, harsh conditions. When treating for fire ants, whether there is an existing infection or just for preventative measures, it is important to treat the entirety of the property. These ants are incredibly aggressive…

Professional Mold Prevention Services in Eastern North Carolina Though mold is often seen as a silent organism that grows on the corners of your walls and ceilings, it can be life-threatening if you leave it unattended. Common house molds come in three classes, and each one affects your health differently: Allergenic Molds that are in the allergenic category don’t pose as a serious threat to most individuals. However, environments that are harboring allergenic molds are not suitable for…

children. Many of these toxins are unavoidable, being in food and drink items such as milk and water. Although these items are in children's toys and food products they are also in our environment. Every second, 310kg of toxins are released into the air, water, and land by industrial factories. The resources in our earth are being contaminated and used carelessly, such as what is said by Karen Rogers of Demand Media, “ It takes approximately 500 gallons of water for a textile factory to…

Environmental Protection Agency and Diesel Particulate Filter laws are a major problem today in the diesel industry. The EPA industry is claiming diesel engines are not running efficient enough for their particular measures to have a safe environment or clean burning engine. EPA’s discrimination about diesels is that they put sulfur and other harmful fumes into the atmosphere and hurt the environment enough to where the point has got to EPA that if they make a change, their changes will make a…

environmental problems that have not just local but regional and global implications. One of the prominent issues that plague Mexico City is the pollution of water. Therefore with the rapid population growth, insufficient sanitation, urbanization, and inefficient treatment of waste water or lack of management of the water resources, the water pollution continues to rise each year. Due to the unclean water there have been reported harmful consequences to humans and the environment.…

Cambodia has been facing nowadays are deforestation, lack of waste management and air pollution. Firstly, the main problem that causes environmental crisis is associated with deforestation because Cambodia has been rated as one of the top deforestation in the world (Butler, 2014). Forests are important to the environment as well as to the local people since…

INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION STUDIES Pollution is the process of making the environment dirty, unsafe, or unsuitable to use. Worldwide pollution affects more than 200 million people. The two countries responsible for creating almost half of the planet’s carbon dioxide emissions is China and the United States (“Gallucci and Horn”). However, Americans are 5% of the world’s population and use 25% of the world’s resources. American’s burn up nearly 25% of coal, 26% of oil, and 27% of…