Abstract: The paper discusses reviewed literature on the aspects important for classroom Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). A variety of classroom conditions exist in school buildings which are detrimental to health of children and adolescents which may result in poor performance in their academic endeavors. Several researches on school environments claims that poor IAQ in schools can trigger health effects that directly impair concentration or memory – e.g., neurological effects – or cause other health
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION All living organisms on the earth depend on water. It is also most common universal solvent and coolant for industrial and domestic applications. It is the key to socio economic development of the country. About 70 percent of the total water available on earth is fresh water. Out of this , only 1 percent is accessible as surface freshwater while the rest 2 percent is locked away in the form of ice caps and glaciers in the Polar Regions, for distant from human
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are both responsible for regulating and implementing drinking water safety guidelines (FDA).While the EPA regulates municipal, or public drinking water, the FDA regulates bottled water (FDA). Public drinking water includes wells and tap water systems owned by towns, schools, factories, hospitals and restaurants. FDA regulations for drinking water are specific to all brands of bottled drinking water. Since more and
Concern for environmental conservation became important and Congress passed more laws that impacted the auto industry. One of the laws is the Vehicle Air pollution and Control Act of 1965 which was created to set standards on the air pollution emitted by cars. The other
census. This study uses hazard proximity indicators as well as a distance decay modeling technique, weighing each hazards different effect by distance, to provide a more accurate estimate of proximity based environmental risk than previously found in other studies. Liam Downey discovers that in 2000 black neighborhoods in Detroit were disproportionately burdened by TRI facility activity. Neighborhood racial composition has shown to be a strong correlation to that
In recent years, there is a common concern about 'environmental injustice' which is increased by globalisation. According to Widawsky (2008), the propensity of developed countries which are wealthy and industrialised export their wastes to developing countries is a typical example of international environmental injustice. In addition to this impact on the environment of developing countries, globalization also affects their traditional cultures. According to Ye (2010), Spring Festival is the most
Merit goods is the goods or services provided free of charge by the government for the benefit of the society as a whole[1],Market failure（ Cowen, 1988） is due to the factors such as monopoly mechanism caused the price mechanism, can't allocate resources efficiently. And market failure is also used to describe market forces cannot satisfy the condition of public interest. Because they will be available to market forces or private enterprise. For example , the health service like vaccination and
Abstract Green belts are important for urban planning. It contributes in many sociological, physical and environmental benefits. To get optimal advantages by them it is necessary to know which species are being planted in these green belts. Species identification and inventorying is also necessary for the wellbeing of both the environment and human health. This study is planned to identify the species in the green belt of …….. and to analyze the health effect of the abundant species on the community
As a growing concern of our water quality here in the United States began to arise in the 1940s the government set in place the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, known today as The Clean Water Act CWA. The CWA is one of the any acts and amendments that govern our water pollution, “Its objective is to maintain and restore the chemical, physical, and biological elements of the nation's waters by identifying and preventing direct and indirect pollution sources”. The CWA sets regulations, dealing
The failure of the EPA to provide eligibility standards is a violation of Section 552(a)(1)(D) of the Administrative Procedures Act. This section requires an administrative agency to publish “substantive rules of general applicability” in the Federal Register for the public’s guidance. 5 U.S.C. §552(a)(1)(D)(2014). Morton v. Ruiz, 415 U.S. 199 (1974), is a Supreme Court case involving an agency’s failure to provide eligibility standards to the public. Mr. Ruiz was a Native American Indian living