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- 661: Acid Rain
- ... causes toxic metals to break loose from their natural chemical compounds. Toxic metals themselves are dangerous, but if they are combined with other elements, they are harmless. The toxic metals might be absorbed by the drinking water, crops, or animals that a human may consume. These foods that are consumed could cause nerve damage to children, severe brain damage or even death. Scientists believe that aluminum is somehow related to Alzheimer ...
- 662: Acid Rain
- ... the world, such as above the tropical rain forest of Africa. Acid rain has destroyed plant and animal life in lakes, damaged forests and crops, endangered marine life in coastal waters, eroded structures, and contaminated drinking water. Research has shown that although some of the damage attributed to acid rain is a result of natural causes, sulfur dioxide from oil and coal combustion and nitrogen oxides produced from automobile engines have ...
- 663: Acid Rain
- ... between acid rain and damage to human health. People can be harmed by breathing tin the chemicals from dry deposition, causing chest illnesses. Also when acid rain causes the release of chemicals and metals into drinking water, it can damage peoples health. Future The problem of acid rain caused by industry can be tackled, but only if people are willing to spend money on cleaning up pollution sources and preventing further ...
- 664: Water Pollution
- ... with oil. Once a sea animal eats contaminated prey or gets their bodies covered in this sticky substance, death often results. One quart of motor oil can make 2 million gallons of water unsuitable for drinking.5 Human waste is yet another factor to consider. sewage treatment facilities are intended to treat waste water so that when it is returned to the surface water, it does not carry with it disease ...
- 665: The Ocean
- ... water. Water is the most critical natural resources in the year 2,000. According to "Thors, orig. Water spells lie itself. It's used in agriculture, domestic taps and industry. Not only in food production, drinking and business. If we don‘¦t protect it well, in the future it is hard to change the salt water to clean water, then we will not have clean water to drink, to plant and ...
- 666: Death of a Planet
- ... It contains chemicals that aid in the formation of ground level ozone as well as acid rain (2 factsheet, OMS-5). Acid rain destroys the outsides of buildings, statues, etc. Acid rain can also contaminate drinking water, damage vegetation, and destroy sealife. These two pollutants are two of the most dangerous pollutants released through car exhaust. If these two pollutants were cut down just a little bit our planet would be ...
- 667: Preserving Our Earth
- ... for the public. But what is to be offered through this? Many recreational activities I presume, but what about our biggest environmental concern - pollution. Pollution is so widespread throughout our world that it is overwhelming. Drinking water supplies are contaminated with runoff from nearby factories and even with pollutants from our own backyards. Demands of skyscrapers and condominiums wipe out our decreasing rainforests. This drudges wildlife from its natural home and ...
- 668: Acid Rain
- ... rain can also be harmful to humans because acid rain kills the crops and fish we eat, ruins homes, and the acid can release lead in the pipes and the lead could go into our drinking water. It is hard to determine where acid rain may fall next, because the wind from a pollueted area could carry pollution to another area and the acid rain could fall there. The regions effected ...
- 669: Acid Rain Legislation
- ... rain to destroy more environment. Acid rain aquatic animals as well as aquatic plant life. When acid rain combines with water in major bodies of water, it not only destroys wildlife habitat, it destroys our drinking water. An aquatic ecosystem is very dependent on each and every aspect within itself. Once one species dies off, others that depend on it, will eventually begin to die off also. This systematic chain continues ...
- 670: The Environmental Impact of Eating Beef and Dairy Products
- ... less than once a month. The conclusions are drawn from a study of 88,751 nurses that was begun in 1980. Eating beef has also been linked to heart disease, high blood pressure, and strokes. Drinking milk has been linked to asthma, allergies, intestinal bleeding, and juvenile diabetes. Cutting dairy products out of your diet gives you a greater chance of avoiding bronchial, respiratory, and stomach problems. Eating Beef, as well ...
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