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Imagine yourself in a scary video game, you see the fog, the darkness, everything seems so grey, how could something like this become a reality? However it has already become a reality, in China. The bad environment in China, because of the pollution, is affecting the citizens physically and emotionally. Currently, China is putting the success of their economy over the safety of their own environment, and this needs to change. In addition, the pollution is ruining China’s present and future…

Take a moment right now to take a nice, refreshing breath. Now imagine if you weren 't able to enjoy that. Imagine the air was so thick with dust and smog and tiny, deadly particles that you can barely breathe the air around you. Richard Muller said “It’s as if every man, woman, and child were smoking 1.5 cigarettes each hour in Beijing, China.” Many people cannot even stand to be near someone when they are constantly being bombarded with second hand smoke. Imagine never having the opportunity…

Much of our economy relies on industrialization and this has consequences for our Earth. Factories are used for these industries and most of them give off smoke that can harm our atmosphere. However, there are industries that are environmentally friendly and promote going green by using renewable resources for energy rather than fossil fuels like other industries. Going green is a major controversy in the world today and many scientists are concerned about the future climate. Earth today is…

Air Quality and Toxic Release The problem of the air quality and toxic release is currently attracting people’s attention worldwide. Certainly, resident of the vibrant, wealth city of Montreal, in Canada, are also focused on solving this universal problem. Due to the reason that people are focusing on solving the problem of pollution, factors that lower the air quality seems impossible to exist. However, they do exist. Before talking about these factors, knowing the general air quality in…

Ground crews caused 20% of the accidents or incidents. 25% were caused by pilot error. Pilot and ground crew error were both causes for one occurrence. Air traffic control and a flight attendant each caused one occurrence. Human error (pilot error, ground crew error, ATC, FA error, and runway incursions) was a factor in 54% of all accidents and incidents. The biggest cause was mechanical making up 31%…

But since these economic activities are not sustainable due to the time frame of tourists, members of these communities cannot transform their living conditions. Hence, a high level of frustration causes most of them to look for unacceptable alternatives such as stealing or getting pregnant by some tourists. According to Harrison (2001), countries like Thailand and Bermuda experience sex tourism at a high rate and this is causing the high birth rate of illegitimate children (p. 197). The author…

A major key in the area of environmental responsibility is pollution. One of the causes of air pollution is from emitting carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons by automobiles. The data that were given in the articles indicate that Volkswagen automobiles release nitrogen oxides at up to 40 times than the allowable standard (Gorzelany, 2015). Also, air pollution contributes to global warming. The major problem is that vehicle of ownership has been growing due to rapid industrialization…

Guinn_ENVM510_M7GradedAssign Air Pollution and Birth Outcome Exposure Assessment of Environmental Pollutants Challenges of exposure assessment in environmental epidemiology Environmental epidemiologist is charged with the task of accurately linking environmental hazards to adverse health outcome in order to protect the public. This task has inherent challenges in that, a recorded exposure does not automatically preclude a harmful health outcome. The challenges of exposure assessment…

City of Chicago received a F for the cleanliness of the air we breathe again. New reports show that the air has not improved since last year. The American Lung Association ranked the City of Chicago as the 14th most poluted city in the nation in the “State of the Air 2014”.The City of Chicago was also ranked the 20th most ozone-polluted and year-round particle pollution. Particle pollution is a mixture of solid and liquid particles found the air. This was the ranking last year. Altgeld Gardens…

in order for our society to expand and develop. However, construction work can take a toll on the environment and the community around it. Air, water, and noise pollution are the three main pollutants that affect the environment and community. Air pollution mainly comes from the toxins emitted by the construction equipment. According to the US EPA Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, “A single bulldozer engine can emit as much particulate matter as more than 500 cars”(Construction equipment, 2015)…