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Environment of China
Water pollution is a source of health problems across the country, and air pollution causes up to 1,750,000 premature deaths each year.
Environment of China
A 2007 World Bank report concluded "...outdoor air pollution was already causing 350,000 to 400,000 premature deaths a year.
Particulate
PM pollution is estimated to cause 22,000-52,000 deaths per year in the United States (from 2000) and 200,000 deaths per year in Europe.
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Weatherization
Due to the high energy usage, they are a major source of the pollution that causes urban air quality problems and pollutants that contribute to climate change.
Alcanivorax
Petroleum oil is toxic for most life forms and pollution of the environment by oil causes major ecological problems.
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Wildlife of Karnataka
Pollution in rivers like Kabini, Kaveri and Ghataprabha has caused sharp reduction in populations of bird species, including beneficial insectivorous birds like drongos, as well as honeybees.
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Noise pollution
Noise pollution can cause annoyance and aggression, hypertension, high stress levels, tinnitus, hearing loss, sleep disturbances, and other harmful effects.
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Noise pollution
Noise pollution can cause annoyance and aggression, hypertension, high stress levels, tinnitus, hearing loss, sleep disturbances, and other harmful effects.
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Noise pollution
Noise pollution can cause annoyance and aggression, hypertension, high stress levels, tinnitus, hearing loss, sleep disturbances, and other harmful effects.
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Noise pollution
Noise pollution is also a cause of annoyance.
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Noise pollution
One of the best known cases of damage caused by noise pollution is the death of certain species of beached whales, brought on by the loud sound of military sonar.
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Chickenhead
In the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick, a chickenhead is a person of sub-normal intelligence, caused by pollution of a near future earth.
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Noise pollution
Noise pollution can cause annoyance and aggression, hypertension, high stress levels, tinnitus, hearing loss, sleep disturbances, and other harmful effects.
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Sport in Sheffield
England lost to Australia, which was blamed on poor light conditions caused by the heavy air pollution which used to plague the city.
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Evaporative cooler
The pad itself acts as a rather effective air filter when properly maintained; it is capable of removing a variety of contaminants in air, including urban ozone caused by pollution, regardless of very dry weather.
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Killarney National Park
To prevent further pollution causing a permanent change in the lake's ecosystem, a review of land use in the catchment area is being carried out.
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Nottawasaga Bay
Pollution from cottages, towns, industry and agriculture have caused a noticeable decline in water quality in recent years, resulting in some beach closings.
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Wildlife of Karnataka
Air pollution is also a significant cause of concern in metros like Bangalore where it has been found that air pollution is discolouring foliage including those of ornamental plants.
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Northeast Corridor
Low visibility caused by the air pollution of the steam locomotives used at the time caused an accident killing 17 on January 8, 1902, and the resulting public outcry led to a push for electric operation in Manhattan.
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Noise pollution
Noise pollution can cause annoyance and aggression, hypertension, high stress levels, tinnitus, hearing loss, sleep disturbances, and other harmful effects.
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Noise pollution
Noise pollution can cause annoyance and aggression, hypertension, high stress levels, tinnitus, hearing loss, sleep disturbances, and other harmful effects.
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Snake River Plain (ecoregion)
Surface water quality has been significantly affected by channel alteration, dams, irrigation diversions, irrigation return flow, and agricultural pollution.
Snake River Plain (ecoregion)
Dams, irrigation diversions, pollution, and channel alteration have affected water quality, and over-watering from sprinkler-irrigated portions of the Eastern Snake River Basalt Plains has raised groundwater levels and created artificial wetlands.
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Giant Magellan Telescope
Moreover, due to the sparsity of population centers and other favorable geographical conditions, the night sky in most of the surrounding Atacama Desert region is not only free from atmospheric pollution, but in addition it is probably one of the places least affected by light pollution, making the area one of the best spots on Earth for long-term astronomical observation.
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Clear the Air (Hong Kong)
The air pollution from Shenzhen (traditional Chinese: 深圳) and the province of Guangdong (traditional Chinese: 廣東) mostly affects Hong Kong in winter time when the prevailing winds are from the North.
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Itai-itai disease
Heavy metal pollution affected many areas in Japan, and as a result the Prevention of Soil Contamination in Agricultural Land Law of 1970 was enacted.
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New River (Mexico – United States)
The nations have yet to tackle the residual pollution affecting Mexico and which has also been carried across the border through the Imperial Valley and deposited in the Salton Sea.
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Deforestation in Brazil
Pollution may result from mine sludge and affect the functioning of the river system at a time when soils are blown away due to exposure and have a significant impact on aquatic populations further implicated by dam building in the region.
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Shpresa Vitia
Such advertisements also indicate the consequences of our actions, for example, if the whole population owned a car and used it daily for unnecessary reasons we will be at risk of air pollution which will not only affect our heath but the state of the earth it self.
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Southeast Asian coral reefs
In addition, reefs affected by land-based pollution (i.e. sediment discharge into reefs by deforestation, industry, sewage, and fertilizer) show 30-50% less diversity at depths of three meters and 40-60% less diversity at 10 meters in comparison to pristine reefs.
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Cobitidae
Other true loaches, many of them migratory fish, have been seriously affected by habitat destruction, chemical pollution and damming, and are considered threatened species today.
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Changsha
Along with economic growth, environmental pollution in Changsha has become a serious problem, with rapidly increasing numbers of private cars, construction fields everywhere, and numerous industrial facilities on the outskirts of the city (2007).
Deneysville
Because of the reported pollution of the Vaal River becoming a health hazard Deneysville attracts ever increasing numbers of watersports lovers every weekend and at holiday times.
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Politics in Futurama
However, rather than killing the penguin population, the pollution vastly increases the speed and rate of their breeding.
Coronet Industries
Residents of the surrounding community alleged that pollution from the plant leached into the groundwater and caused increased rates of cancer amongst other health problems.
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Eutrophication
Runoff from agriculture and development, pollution from septic systems and sewers, and other human-related activities increase the flux of both inorganic nutrients and organic substances into terrestrial, and aquatic ecosystems.
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Changsha
Along with economic growth, environmental pollution in Changsha has become a serious problem, with rapidly increasing numbers of private cars, construction fields everywhere, and numerous industrial facilities on the outskirts of the city (2007).
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History of wind power
(By comparison, fossil fuels also may receive direct subsidies, along with indirect subsidies in the form of taxpayer support for external costs such as disability payments for coal miners, pollution which can increase health care costs, military spending to protect oilfields, etc.)
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Changsha
Along with economic growth, environmental pollution in Changsha has become a serious problem, with rapidly increasing numbers of private cars, construction fields everywhere, and numerous industrial facilities on the outskirts of the city (2007).
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Politics in Futurama
However, rather than killing the penguin population, the pollution vastly increases the speed and rate of their breeding.
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