Introduction Pollution is an unwanted change in the environment caused by the introduction of harmful materials or the production of harmful conditions (Botkin & Keller, 2014). Urban air pollution is basically the collection of pollutants created by cities (http://en.cyberdodo.com/files/cyberdodo-and-urban-pollution/1.html). Air quality in cities is the result of a complex interaction between natural and anthropogenic environmental conditions. Air pollution in cities is a serious environmental problem especially
This paper discusses whose responsibility to protect the environment. Environmental pollution has become increasingly worse. Certainly, individuals have the right and ability take action to resolve these environmental problems. On the other hands, government had authority to protect environment, to support their citizen to keep the environment cleaner. The paper concludes by strongly affirm both governments and individuals must play their part in looking after the environment. It is not the government’s
lot of havoc in the coastal environment of Nigeria in particular and has been the major source of environmental air pollution in Nigeria. Oil exploration, production, and refinement in Nigeria has also resulted in various environmental and ecological problems that range from oil spills, gas flares, habitat destruction, air and water pollution, and land degradation. Also, a major cause of oil pollution in that same region is also to a great extent, from the activities of illegal oil bunkering and illegal
On daily basis we are constantly being bombarded with chemicals; from the food we eat, water we drink and especially the air we breathe. The latter is due to air pollution. On a larger scale the atmosphere is the planets respiratory system; major pollutants from the earth are captured and held in the atmosphere. The atmosphere has other functions such as; protecting earth through absorbing dangerous ultraviolet solar radiation, although most of the solar radiation reaching the Earth’s surface is
of the environment has brought serious disaster to human life. With the rapid development of industry and the concentration of urban population, air pollution and greenhouse effect, the impact of pollution on human environment is becoming more and more serious, which is harmful to people's health. Environmental problems have become one of the major problems facing the world today, the government has the responsibility to create a good living environment for
Factory, Gatitu Tea Factory, Githambo Tea Factory just to mention a few. Before any tea factory is put up, its significance to conduct environmental impact assessment and impact management. Its aim is to identify potential environmental impacts associated with tea factories and try to reduce or/and prevent the occurrence of such impacts. 2.2 POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL
Air has been a constant factor that all living beings are dependant on, but while there seems to be an almost limitless amount of the clean air that surrounds the environment, it has slowly contaminated from pollution. Throughout history, air pollution has been a health concern that continues to plague the globe. One of the most significant examples was the Great Smog of London. According to the History Channel, In London, on December 5, 1952, fog within the city began to mix with sulfurous fumes
water pollution in India comes from three main sources: domestic sewage, industrial effluents and run off from activities such as agriculture. Major industrial sources of pollution in India include the fertilizer plants, refineries, pulp and paper mills, leather tanneries, metal plating and other chemical industries. Levels of solid wastes increased in rivers and lakes and other water systems are also heavily polluted due to the intrusion of solid wastes. Largely because of widespread pollution, access
POLLUTION 1. What do you think is the biggest problem facing our environment nowadays (in Spain/in the world)? In my view, currently, the biggest problem facing our environment could be the pollution, the air contaminated. This is produced, in general, for the fumes from cars, factories, etc. 2. Is pollution a problem here in Spain? Yes, above all in the big cities such as Madrid or Barcelona, and, in general, in the north of Spain where there are many factories because this is an industrially
were hospitalized with respiratory problems. The cause was a weather anomaly that trapped toxic waste emissions from the town's zinc smelting plant close to the ground. The Donora disaster brought air pollution into focus in the United States, and paved the way for the Clean Air Act, enacted in 1963 and strengthened in 1970 . Between December 5 and 9, 1952, 4,000 people died in London as a result of smog trapped in a thermal inversion (a condition where the air close to the ground is colder than