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    kind. The plastics are ingested and the toxicity is transferred to the fish tissue and magnifies up the food chain. Any oceanic animal that filters the ocean water through their system is affected by the plastics that have been broken down by UV rays into smaller and smaller pieces. Many of the harmful effects are impacting the endocrine systems of the ocean animals. Third world countries have no clue regarding the harmful effects of the plastics and how disposal is contributing to the…

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    Lead Poisoning In Michigan

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    lead poisoning in our present time is Flint Michigan’s water crisis. Prior to the water crisis, Flint’s main water supply came from the Detroit Water and Sewage Department. They purchased treated water taken from Lake Huron from the DWSD in order to supply the town with its needs. At this point…

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    The Aqueducts In Rome

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    Water is a necessity for life, and with Rome’s geography, it was hard to get it to the dispersed cities. Rome was close to the ocean, but had no way to efficiently get water to everyone in their compact cities. This is where the Aqueducts came into play, the Aqueduct was a system of intake filters and underground tunnels that deliver water to the Roman cities. The Aqueduct supplied water to the markets and to many homes all around the city. Without this the Roman Empire would not have…

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    only applies to citizens faced with public issues with discussions requiring some background, but also specialized scientist that don’t have a wider view of their scientific knowledge. “Scientific…

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    facilities, a train line and an underground mine. The Hume coal mine is too “extract 3.5 million tonnes of coal… in the next 19 years”. The public have protested about this proposed mine as locals fear that the mine during and after use may lower the water table by a significant amount, this will be affecting many rural properties in the area that relay on bore water. The proposed Hume Coal Mine does threaten to have a significant environmental…

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    basic necessities required in order to sustain life on our planet are water, food, and shelter. Due to the infrastructure of our modern civilizations, if any of these factors are compromised, many lives will be affected. As of recently, Flint Michigan has been devastated due to an alteration in its source of public water. Initially, the city’s water came from Lake Huron. Budget restraints then changed the city’s source of water to the Flint River. If precautions were taken, this change would…

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    Virginia. Nearly 17 million people living in areas that feed into the Chesapeake Bay watershed and affect the Bay water quality. The Bay plays a very important role in Maryland and Virginia economy, providing economic resources which include: crabs, oysters and rockfish, as well as recreational activities in and around the water. Due to the increased amount of pollution in the water, the population of wildlife as well…

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    it is being applied to, as Wilhite states, Drought means something different for a water manager, an agriculturalist,…

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    after the land so it the same or better for the next generations. To do this we use energy from renewable sources they include solar panels and hydroelectricity. To get water in a sustainable way we can use desalination plants which take the salt out of sea water we will also need to be more conservative when it comes to using water. We also need to have clean unpolluted air to have unpolluted air we will need more trees and contribute less to global warming to do this we need to use less cars,…

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    the effect of a system that automatically adjusting hydrogen peroxıde Colloıdal-Ag dose to reduce colonization and growth of heterotrophic bacteria in dental unit waterlines and wastewaters. Thirty dental units were assigned into three groups with respect to the protocol employed: Group 1: 10 units were selected for automatic administration. Group 2: 10 units were selected for manual administration and Group 3: 10 units served as controls. Water samples from DUWLs and waste waters were…

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