Tag: pollution
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Happy Mother’s Day
Protect the mother of all mothers- the planet Earth. Respect her abundance and beauty. Respect her clam and patience. It is our utmost duty to see that the destruction stops, more and more people join the drive of saving the climate and the planet. Let us take a pledge today to initiate a cultural change…
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Stop Wasting Food-5 simple ways
My day starts in the kitchen and ends in the kitchen. Cooking food, thinking about food, feeding the hungry family members and self is an everyday affair. Naturally, I have to have to go to the market, retail stores, malls to collect the varieties of food my family consumes every day. Recently, my small city…
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Ozone -Good Up High, Bad Nearby
OZONE: Ozone is a colourless gas made up of three oxygen atoms. Ozone is not emitted directly into the air but is formed through chemical reactions between natural and man-made emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the presence of sunlight. These gaseous compounds mix in the ambient, or outdoor air, and when they…
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Air Pollution – Solutions
The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned. …
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Air Pollution-II. Particulate Matter
PM stands for particulate matter (also called particle pollution): It is the sum of all solid particles and liquid droplets found suspended in the air. These complex mixtures include both organic ( mainly natural hydrocarbons and synthetic organic compounds) and inorganic particles( usually heavy metal elements like lead and mercury and other toxic non-HC compounds), dust,…
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Mercury Pollution-Sources, Effects and Control.
join hands to reduce mercury pollution. Save people. Save environment
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Lead is Poison
Lead (or Pb in the periodic table) is a naturally occurring heavy metal that is found in the Earth’s crust. Humans have used lead in various applications for hundreds of years without knowing the health hazards of lead. The main natural sources of lead are mining, soil erosion, volcanic eruptions, sea sprays and bush fires. …
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Dubious Smog
Delhi has got fame due to all wrong reason-Smog. Delhites are fighting to breath fresh air, the smog has made everything uncertain during the daytime. People are driving the vehicles with headlights on and wearing masks. The selling of air purifiers is on a rise. The struggle has not deterred the public from making jokes…
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To Savour Edibles: Stop Disastrous Soil Pollution.
The pollution of soil may make the plight of the populace disastrous. There are at least a dozen of components which are affecting us and our environment. Soil pollution is one of the components. Usually, whenever we talk about environmental protection the ‘soil’ part is ignored. The soil is treated as a newlywed bride who…