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— Oscar Wilde.
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Consequences of water pollution
Water source pollution refers to the pollution caused by waste discharge from human production and living activities to rivers, upstream, reservoirs, groundwater and other water sources. Sewage discharge, garbage accumulation and acid rain caused by excessive sulfur dioxide concentration in the air are also major factors causing water pollution.
What are the effects of water pollution?
For human health：
–Water pollution caused 1.8 million deaths in 2015, according to a study published in the lancet. Unsafe drinking water sickens about 1 billion people each year.
–Diseases caused by water pollution include cholera, giardia and typhoid. Swimming in contaminated water can also lead to health problems such as rashes, pinkeye, respiratory infections and hepatitis.
For biological ecology:
–Marine life is threatened by Marine garbage, which causes animals to choke, suffocate and starve. Water pollution caused more than 200 different Marine life hurt, and they will face extinction.
–Water pollution also poses a threat to land animals. When animals drink the polluted water, the life span of animals will shortened and reproduce less effectively. This will cause the animals to die from drinking polluted water and lead to extinction.
What causes water pollution?
The main cause of water pollution are as follows:
- Chemicals dumped from the factory
- Agricultural waste flows into our rivers, streams and groundwater
- The oil spill
- Acid rain caused by the burning of fossil fuels
- Humans litter rivers, oceans, lakes and other bodies of water. Hazardous waste includes plastics, aluminum, glass and styrofoam.
How to solve the problem?
The way to solve the water pollution:
- The government needs to minimize plastic consumption and reuse or recycle plastic as much as possible.
- The government should tighten controls on factories that properly dispose of chemical cleaners, oils and non-biodegradable items before they fall down the drain.
- If you see someone throwing trash into any water, report it to the authorities.
- Human stop throw rubbish into the sea.
Stop the pollution now
Don’t make the water sick.
Air pollution affects people’s health
Air pollution in many parts of the world is very serious. Nine out of ten people around the world breathe polluted air, and seven million people die each year from air pollution. Up to a third of deaths from stroke, lung cancer and heart disease are caused by air pollution.
How air pollution affects our health?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 92% of the world’s population lives in areas where air pollution levels exceed the limits. The air pollution was responsible for 6.5 million deaths in 2012, accounting for 11.6 percent of global deaths that year.
The potential health effects of air pollution range from subtle physical changes in the body to obvious symptoms such as
- itchy nose and throat
- wheezing
- coughing
- chest pain or tightness
- Exposure to air pollutants exacerbates asthma or chronic respiratory problems.
What causes air pollution？
Air pollution sources can be divided into two categories, Natural factor and Human factor.
Natural factor: many different pollutants and chemicals form and emanate from natural processes in the earth’s crust. For example, volcanic eruptions and forest fires.
Human factor: It is the main aspect of air pollution, which is mainly generated from people’s production activities and daily activities, such as industry, transportation, various combustion and waste disposal.
How to solve the problem？
Governments
- could tighten controls on illegal incineration of garbage or forests. For example, increasing fines
- can give some speech about air pollution to the people, let them know how to protect the environment and increase the public’s awareness of air pollution.
People
- People cultivate the use of public transportation, which can reduce air pollution.
- People can plant trees to reduce the air pollution.
Let’s save our earth together
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
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