Essays on Pollution

The environmental problem I have selected for this project is the sewage pollution in Lake Valencia in Venezuela. This issue is located in Valencia, Venezuela just south of the capital of Caracas. The constant flooding of Lake Valencia, threaten hundreds of families who live around...

Industrial revolution has invention of many other materials which are man produce and not resembling to natural ones. The term xenobiotic (stranger to life) is derived from the Greak word ‘xenon’ – a strange and ‘bioes’ – life. For environmental chemist, xenobiotic means chemical compound...

Pollution is not the price of progress. Whether it is air, water, animals, pollution through those venues are externalities that will minimally affect the companies who are creating it, but more so those who live around it, such as the people of Flint Michigan. For...

Air pollution is a growing problem in megacities and large urban areas throughout the globe. Transportation is the major source of air pollution in many cities, especially in developing countries like India. Contribution of automobiles is reported in the range of 40 to 80% of...

Groundwater is an essential source to meet the ecosystem’s water demands. It is known to make up 20% of the world’s freshwater supply and approximately 51% of the drinking water supplied in the United States. The groundwaters sustain the rivers, lakes and other aquifers, while...

Air quality is one of the many things that can be affectedby construction projects. Air pollution can occur on sites which may havethings like demolition in progress, a site that is grinding things like timberor stone which will generate dust as well as a site...

In our everyday life we have contact with pollution and trash that has been unproperly disposed of everyday. Every day many plant and animal species become extinct from the harsh effects of air pollution and many do not even realize it. People are guilty of...