Water pollution problem is becoming more urgent than ever for the Chinese, because vertiginous growth has a direct negative impact on water sources almost all over the country. ... In this essay, I will explore these questions and to give an overview of water pollution issue in China. The first culprit to mention in the cause of water pollution is industrial waste. ... Only until recent years, when the phenomenon of environmental pollution including air pollution and water pollution in China reached a red alert, the international media attention and strongly condemned, the government and the...

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Water Pollution: Toxic Waste Toxic waste is waste material, often in chemical form that can cause death or injury to living creatures. ... Five thousand water foul are killed every day due to toxic pollution in water. The pollution spreads up the food chain, and its damage is magnified with each animal and plant it spreads to. Toxic waste causes rapid algae growth, which takes up all the oxygen in water causing thousands of water creatures to die from suffocation. ... One example is mercury which comes from air pollution, natural sources, and manufacturing. ...

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The first things that are causing the air pollution are the factories. ... Secondly, water is essential to life. ... Water pollution happens when toxic substances enter water bodies, such as lakes, rivers and oceans, without enough treatment to get rid of harmful compounds. ... Unfortunately, there is no easy way to solve water pollution. ... First of all, we should use water wisely. ...

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The first is that the increase in human population heightens the need for food, water, energy, land, etc. ... The United States is linked to chemical pollution, solid waste pollution, water pollution, radiation pollution, air pollution, fossil fuel dependence, waste, and environmental degradation, which all leads to global warming. ... We contribute one quarter of green house gases caused by pollution from waste, vehicles, etc. ... The use of the water drops in a cup is very effective way to show the births v. deaths dilemma of each continent. ... The future of our planet is depending on how ...

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People and living creatures will die because of pollution in the air and water. I have heard fish die because of water pollution, and even people when they eat polluted fish. ... We should wipe them clean with tissues first because cooking oil is also cause of water pollution. We have to remind and teach those people who don't know the effects of pollution. ...

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In the past, attention was paid to air pollution caused by emissions in the coal burning process however now more research is done to environmental degradation in terms of land pollution due to improper waste management. ... Runsheng LV and Yanyong Bo Ll in their paper examining groundwater pollution due to mining in china have stated that the ground water reaches only 65% of the water quality and this situation is fairly grim (Bo LI, pp 3) china there are about 4.5 billion tons of stockpiled wastes due to coal mining occupying 1700 waste dumps spread over 15000 hectares of land out of which 2...

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There are many different aspects that contribute to ocean pollution. ... When the ocean waters are polluted, the food and water that the whales ingest are infected and, in turn, infect them. ... One of the big contributors to ocean pollution is oil. ... Industrial, agricultural, household cleaning, gardening, and automotive products regularly end up in water. ... The sei whale lives in the waters all over the world, and is endangered because of the pollutants in the water. ...

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Many of us don't take our Earth seriously and think that as long as pollution doesn't hurt us then we can go ahead and throw garbage on the ground or spill oil down the drain. Well too many people have that theory and they are killing off our Earth and also physically harming themselves from the air they breathe and the water they swim in. ... There are many different types of environmental pollution such as acid rain, global warming, desertification, overpopulation, and solid waste disposal. In the following paragraphs I will discuss what I can do to help prevent environmental pollu...

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Pollution is a major problem concerning our beaches. ... A National Resources Defense Council report on water improvement, in which water is tested annually, showed that a record number of beaches had been shut down nationwide and advisories for swimmers were posted. ... If we do not try to stop beach pollution, we will constantly be subjected to raw sewage, floating garbage, fecal bacteria, oil spills, and many other types of waste. ... If any form of bacteria is present in the water, the public is notified immediately. ... "One thing that people still get mixed up is water quality vers...

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Fishers will have no fish to catch because the fish fled from the pollution and the wild life will be damaged by the air and water pollution. For my opinion, I think factory farms should be banned, because of the animal cruelty and the pollution it causes to the wildlife. ...

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This would lead to people making informed decisions about buying products which are recyclable and minimize the amount of garbage that cannot be recycled.Recycling 'healing' the Earth in many ways, such as helping to slow global warming, diminishing acid rain, reducing water pollution, conserving landfill space, and lowering pollutants in the air '. ...

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Compared to the production of plastic bags, the EPA (paper bag production) spends much more money, using 91% greater energy than those producing plastic bags, and resulting in 50% more water pollution and 70% more air pollution (Weebly). ...

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The benefits of recycling include creating jobs, reducing the need for landfills and incineration of solid waste, reducing the pollution caused by making products from virgin materials, saving energy, decreasing emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change, conserving natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals, and by conserving resources today, recycling ensures there will be plenty left for the future generations (Waste Online). ...

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