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AFFECTS OF POLLUTION
By: Emmett Shannon
Negative Affects
Pollution its affecting us all and we know that, but do we know
how big the affects are? Well heres some facts.
1 60% of heart failure and strokes are linked to poor air quality.
2 In 1984 45 tons of methyl isocyanate escaped from an
insecticide plant in Bhopal thousands who lived nearby causing
mass panic during this tens of thousands tried to flee Bhopal.
3 Originally a dumping ground for 22,ooo tons of chemical waste
in the 1940s and 50s love canal was turning into a residential
area, but in 1978 leakage was discovered in basements. Later
investigations showed high rates of genetic damage to
residents.
These are just some of the affects of pollution and compared to
other cases they are minor incidents, but the affects when
pollution is stoped are numerous to. Here are some of them.
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Negative Affects
Positive Affects
1 The UN was cleaning up pollution
encouraged places like Syria Isriel Turkey
and Greece to clean up beaches.
2 The long range trans boundary air
pollution treaty is extended to 8 protocals
that identify specific measures to be
taken by parties to cut their emmision of
air pollutants
Positive affects
1 Ahvez, Iran
My question
Answer
What we can do
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