|
|
|
Pollution
A change in the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of the air, water, or soil that can affect the health, survival, or activities of humans in an unwanted way. Some expand the term to include harmful effects on all forms of life. (source: EPA) Background from Wikipedia Water pollution Pollution is the release of chemical, physical, biological or radioactive contaminants to the environment. Principal forms of pollution include: air pollution, the release of chemicals and particulates into the atmosphere. Common examples include carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and nitrogen oxides produced by industry and motor vehicles. Ozone and smog are created as nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons react to sunlight. water pollution via surface runoff and leaching to groundwater. radioactive contamination, added in the wake of 20th-century discoveries in atomic physics. (See alpha emitters and actinides in the environment.) noise pollution, which encompasses roadway noise, aircraft noise, industrial noise as well as high-intensity sonar. light pollution, includes light trespass, over-illumination and astronomical interference. visual pollution, which can refer to the presence of overhead power lines, motorway billboards, scarred landforms (as from strip mining), open storage of junk or municipal solid waste.ZDNetIs there a link between pollution and higher crime rates? An article published in The Journal of Economic Analysis theorizes that lead contamination UC Davis study shows infants' lungs vulnerable to air pollution - 22 Oct 2007 San Jose Mercury News,Researchers at the University of California, Davis say infants' lungs are more vulnerable to certain air pollution particles than was previously believed. Environment: Chengdu invests more to curb pollution - 22 Oct 2007 China Daily,The 240 projects, featuring water, air and noise pollution control as well as the environmentally-friendly disposal of waste in urban and rural areas, Weighing pollution against prosperity - 22 Oct 2007 Dallas Morning News,...who runs the Environmental Integrity Project in Washington, DC, a nonprofit advocacy group, who has written two studies on Port Arthur pollution. Nigeria: Pollution - FG to Sanction Erring Industries - 22 Oct 2007 AllAfrica.com,According to her, most industries in the country do not have effluent treatment plants and air pollution abatement facilities., adding that the environment Pollution permits to pay energy costs - 22 Oct 2007 The Age,Mr Howard said many of the free pollution permits would be "exhausted in a one-off exercise". "You then auction permits and it's a matter of common sense Uganda: NEMA Shuts Factory Over Pollution - 22 Oct 2007 AllAfrica.com,THE National Environment Management Authority has closed a battery factory in Kisenyi for polluting the environment. According to NEMA's director of Florence's statues rot from pollution - 22 Oct 2007 Telegraph.co.uk,...of Florence's most famous statues, the Rape of the Sabine Women, has been left covered with pockmarks and black scum because of the city's pollution. Fines imposed for hydrocarbon pollution - 22 Oct 2007 Truck News,The Italian-flag ship Crystal Rubino and the Canadian-flag ship Catherine Desgagné were both found guilty of hydrocarbon pollution. Under the Oil Pollution Government, Park officials concerned about funding, pollution - 22 Oct 2007 Tennessee Journalist,By Amber Regan Funding provided by "earmarks" and pollution in the most visited park in the US were concerns discussed by Bob Griffitts, chief of staff to Brook pollution 'has not spread' - 22 Oct 2007 Oxford Mail,By Andrew Ffrench Environment Agency officials are confident last week's pollution scare in an Oxfordshire brook has not contaminated any other waterways. Ridgefield official battles 'light pollution' - 22 Oct 2007 Danbury News Times,Long concerned about the problem of light pollution in town, Autori prepared an overview of what, why, and how a light pollution ordinance would work. Church Blames 'Filthy' House For Well Pollution - 22 Oct 2007 TheDay,Church officials blame the pollution of their wells on the Kutz property. In 2000, the wells at the church and at an on-site parsonage tested positive for Bridge tolls, pollution among plaza concerns - 22 Oct 2007 Port Huron Times Herald,Question: How can you have less air pollution and noise if the plaza is being quadrupled in size? Answer:The draft environmental impact statement insists A closer look at area pollution trends - 22 Oct 2007 New Albany Tribune,Take Duke out of the equation and New Albany has less than half the pollution of neighboring Jeffersonville. Sellersburg, Borden, Charlestown, Speed and China factory to cut pollution for Olympics - 22 Oct 2007 Trend News Agency,Beijing’s sprawling Shougang steelworks has promised to slash production for a full three months next year to help ease air pollution in the Chinese capital Choking off pollution - 22 Oct 2007 Montreal Gazette,..."Nobody else (but Mobiltech) could meet my requirements: save time and reduce pollution," Aubé said. Although it seems simple enough to persuade workers to Oceanic pollution event aims to educate students - 22 Oct 2007 The California Aggie Online,CalPIRG will be hosting an event today from 10 am to 3 pm at the Memorial Union in hopes of raising awareness about oceanic pollution, specifically gyres. 2 steel mills summoned for not obeying EPA orders - 22 Oct 2007 Daily Times,The EPA had directed the management of both the factories to install efficient pollution control devices to filter the emissions and adopt the green NW China province to reduce pollution on Yellow River tributary - 22 Oct 2007 People's Daily Online,Northwest China's Shaanxi province will build ten sewage disposal plants to reduce pollution in the Weihe River, the largest tributary of the Yellow River, Our View - Pollution, trespassers cry 'G(N)o Beach" - 22 Oct 2007 Daily 49er,Certainly the article about beach encroachment in Thursday's Long Beach Press-Telegram couldn't have been talking about somebody setting up his or her Supporters to rally today for diesel bill - 22 Oct 2007 Boston Globe,Massachusetts has the highest levels of particulate pollution in New England, and the fifth-highest in the country, according to the Clean Air Task Force, Rallyists pedal through Lutyens’ Delhi to promote a safer ... - 22 Oct 2007 Delhi Newsline,New Delhi, October 21 Around 35 participants rode through Lutyens’ Delhi to promote the bicycle as an alternate zero-pollution, healthy, low-cost and Lead pollution in Columbia Gorge down sharply - 22 Oct 2007 KTVZ,AP - October 21, 2007 8:25 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Recent tests are showing the lead content in the skies over the Columbia River Gorge are down sharply Sofia Briefs - 22 Oct 2007 Sofia Echo,People in Sofia will soon be able to see for themselves data on air pollution in the city. At the end of November, the city’s first electronic screen Let there be (less) light - 22 Oct 2007 Philadelphia Inquirer,Light pollution - the glare of civilization that makes it hard to see the full blanket of stars at night - has long been an environmental issue, A Clean Air Regulation Hazardous to Health - 22 Oct 2007 National Center for Policy Analysis,...by Joel Schwartz and H. Sterling Burnett The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a new federal standard for ozone air pollution that is much Experts warn against choking Yamuna with religious ‘samagri’ - 22 Oct 2007 Hindu,Already choked with high pollution levels, the indiscriminate throwing of religious “samagri� will further deteriorate the “health of the river�, Soil and water conservation official - 22 Oct 2007 Port Clinton News Herald,She gave a presentation concerning pollution sources and ways to correct pollution problems. By presenting the information with an Enviroscape, Q&A: 'Ganga has more life in it than a forest' - 22 Oct 2007 Times of India,Despite pollution from industrial effluents, garbage and sewage, the Ganga riverine system teems with life. At the top of the aquatic food chain is the When air is polluted, run off the road - 22 Oct 2007 Chicago Daily Herald,By Adam Voiland | US News & World Report A growing body of evidence suggests that air pollution may take a big toll on your heart. Coastal cleanup - 22 Oct 2007 News & Observer,Too much shellfishing acreage is shut down, permanently or temporarily, due to pollution from stormwater runoff. Chemicals and bacteria flow unfiltered from Ind.: Man Sentenced for Pollution - 22 Oct 2007 Houston Chronicle,McCullough and his company each pleaded guilty to three felony counts of violating the Clean Water Act for the pollution discharges in the two central Tehran air clears with anti-pollution efforts - Oct 21, 2007 Los Angeles Times,AERIAL VIEW: Tehran’s high altitude and the surrounding Alborz mountains worsen air pollution problems. But recent improvement means that residents can see Higher emissions from coal and gas power stations threaten ... - Oct 20, 2007 Sunday Herald,By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor POLLUTION FROM Scotland's major coal and gas-fired power stations shot up last year, threatening to wreck the Scottish Greece to bolster pollution penalties - Oct 19, 2007 AFPA government spokesman announced plans to boost a team of roaming environment inspectors from 19 to 45, and to quadruple the maximum pollution fine from Transport company fined for smoke pollution - Oct 19, 2007 Malaysia Star,Judge Azimah Omar, in passing sentence, said the court took into account that cases of air pollution were on the rise. She said the public would treat such DuPont penalized $196.2 million for W.Va. pollution - Oct 19, 2007 USA Today...damages against the DuPont chemical company, which it found guilty of wanton, willful and reckless conduct for pollution at a former zinc plant site. SLC's pollution problem - Oct 19, 2007 Salt Lake Tribune,When my husband and I traveled through Salt Lake City from Boston on our way to Jackson Hole, Wyo., last week on our first visit to your part of our Water pollution fears over chicken farm scheme - Oct 19, 2007 Scotsman,According to the publication, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has said the development would not cause pollution as there were no such EPA says Charles River pollution must be cut - Oct 18, 2007 Boston Globe,By Peter J. Howe, Globe Staff | October 19, 2007 Federal environmental regulators have concluded that phosphorus pollution washing into the Charles River EPA: Charles River pollution needs dramatic cut - Oct 19, 2007 Boston Globe,The US Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that phosphorous pollution washing into the Charles needs to be reduced by 54 percent. Research Report Says West Should Share Pollution Responsibility ... - Oct 19, 2007 Voice of AmericaThe report suggests that countries importing Chinese goods should share the responsibility of the pollution caused by their manufacture. Use of mine water may help avert pollution disaster - Oct 20, 2007 Pittsburgh Post Gazette,And, they say, it will also add to the serious air pollution already plaguing Shenandoah National Park, Monongahela National Forest and the Dolly Sods Arroyo Seco channel slammed for pollution - Oct 21, 2007 Long Beach Press-Telegram,AP LOS ANGELES - A major tributary to the Los Angeles River is chock-full of bacteria, algae, fertilizer contamination and other pollutants, it was reported For pollution, the future is big - Oct 18, 2007 Globe and Mail,The study, by the Commission for Environmental Co-operation, the Montreal-based pollution watchdog set up under NAFTA, made the discovery by comparing Assam pollution board’s directive - Oct 18, 2007 Hindu,Guwahati: The Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) has urged the Chief Secretary to extend assistance to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kamrup (Metropolitan) Dioxin pollution leads to more baby girls -study - Oct 18, 2007 ReutersThe study also reveals the health risks of living within 25 km (15.5 miles) of sources of pollution -- a greater distance than previously thought, Group Files Vs FirstEnergy For Alleged Air Pollution - Oct 18, 2007 CNNMoney.com...(FE) for violating air pollution laws at its Bruce Mansfield plant in Beaver County, Pa. The lawsuit, filed in US district court for the western district of The Carrot & Stick Approach to Internet Pollution - Oct 18, 2007 Washington Post,Pollution, for example, is a scourge that economists like to call an "externality," or a market failure that happens when a transaction generates a cost News index | RSS | News Feed Advertisements: Organic Apparel from Patagonia | Insect-repelling clothing |
MONGABAY.COM
T-SHIRTS 
CALENDARS 
CANVAS BAGS 
|
