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    We all know that‚ despite the fact that water is highly treated for contaminants in municipal plants‚ by the time it reaches out home it can gather new contaminants due to the fact that most municipal and residential water pipes are made of lead and asbestos-cement. Moreover‚ there are also contaminants that are deliberately added in water‚ such as chlorine‚ which can causes numerous health problems in the long run. As such‚ the need for a whole house water filter is obvious. Despite the fact that

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    Bluewater Case Study

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    Bluewater Positives of Bluewater * Was built on an old quarry - brownfield land. * Employs around 7000 people. * Good disabled access and a range of things to do for all people. * Bluewater makes sure it remains sustainable – it has high operational standards‚ water usage is measured and controlled‚ energy is reduced as much as possible‚ it has a lake and wildlife area to introduce biodiversity‚ community partnerships‚ as little chemical use as possible and green transport e.g

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    Acid Rain: The Southern Company (A) Case Study #1 2/01/2012 Situation: The acid rain provisions of the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act were to being in 1995. Currently‚ it is 1992 and The Southern Company (a electric utilities holding company operating in Georgia‚ Alabama‚ Mississippi‚ and Florida) had to decide what actions they were going to take in order to comply with the new regulations. Before the Clean Air Act‚ firms did not have incentives to reduce emissions below the government

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    Malathion Research Paper

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    Hazard Identification of the use of Malathion: Malathion is an insecticide regulated by the EPA and is used to control mosquitoes. The chemical is currently being used as a country wide go to for mosquito eradication. Malathion is sprayed across towns as a preventative of such occurrences. Through the dismemberment of malathion comes several health risks. It falls onto farm crops‚ contaminating our fruits and vegetables with the insecticide. Malathion is proven to be toxic by contact of skin‚ inhalation

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    I am from Arroz e Feijao‚ a small town in the northeast of Brazil. Building a factory in there will bring a lot of advantages and disadvantages‚ but I believe that Arroz e Feijao will mostly benefit from the building of a new factory because it is largely populated by poor people and the factory would bring many benefits to this small town. However‚ of course‚ a factory has disadvantages as well. As you know‚ factories usually bring pollution. If this factory is not managed very effectively and

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    In this assignment I will be talking about air pollution and noise pollution act legislation relating to the aviation industry regarding legal compliance‚ also how it effects people that works within the industry and what impact it has on the consumers and staff and also penalties in failure to comply with these legislations that are set by the government. Air pollutions is known to have a damaging effect on health depending on the level and type of pollution‚ aircraft engines release pollution

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    Unit 8 task 4 hand out 3 Hazardous Substances A hazardous substance is defined in federal government regulations as “one that may cause substantial personal injury or illness during reasonable handling or use‚ including possible ingestion by children.” According to the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA)‚ household products are hazardous if they contain substances that have one or more of the following hazardous properties:# Corrosive: A product that can burn or destroy living tissue‚ such

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    The island country of Japan can be found in the Pacific Ocean. It is considered to be part of the continent of Asia but also is a close neighbor to Russia. Japan is an archipelago of 6‚852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu‚ Hokkaido‚ Kyushu‚ and Shikoku‚ which together comprise about ninety-seven percent of Japan’s land area. Japan has the world’s tenth-largest population‚ with over 127 million people. The capital of Japan is Tokyo Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa that

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    How do we keep Brunei Darussalam clean? To keep our country clean‚ firstly we must practice good habits to keep our environment clean. A good example is we ourselves need to be clean and healthy. Then‚ our home and garden need to be clean and we must maintain them regularly. Once we know how to keep ourselves and homes clean‚ then we are able to appreciate the whole environment and do our best to keep it clean. We need a clean environment‚ free of pollutants in the air‚ water and land

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    Cholera Cholera is a deadly illness due to bacterial infections. Some sources that may cause you to come across this disease is if you drink water that has been contaminated with a person’s infected feces‚ or by eating food that has come into contact with the dirty water. For instance‚ if you eat raw or uncooked fruits and vegetables‚ especially if you eat seafood such as seashells; you want to make sure it is properly cooked because you can easily become infected. The first origination of cholera

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