Pollution is the induction of harmful material or by-products discharged into the earth's environment. Pollution is one of the foremost problems in America and the world today. Pollution damages the environment and human health. Pollution has caused a multitude of problems ranging from healthcare issues like lung cancer to the current problem of the green house effect. Pollution is everywhere and humankind persists on living with this problem. What rational is behind this faulty persistence?Automobiles are unquestionably the leading source of pollutants being emitted into the environment. Noise pollution being emitted by automobiles is substantial. (Markarewicz & Kokowski, 2007). Another effect automobiles have on the environment is the heat it generates. The heat emitted is unpleasant to be around. The worse pollutant being emitted from automobiles is the exhaust. The noxious vapors emitted are a by-product of the engines combustion. These noxious vapors can slowly decline lung health, which can cause lung cancer, and destroy the earth's atmosphere.
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Canadian Medical Association Journal(Weir, 2002). The vapors are tremendously toxic to human health. Over a million Americans live in regions where the air quality is unsafe to breath. Automobiles emit most of the earth's pollutant particulates. Particulate pollution is known to cause cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. (Altose, 2001). With this knowledge why would humankind continue to drive these environmental time bombs? Some would answer that automobiles are progress, but most drive for the convenience.
Another cause of pollutions is the waste produced by post-consumer markets. Americans throw away tons of recyclable waste every year that ends up in landfills. Even though projects are in place to prevent the amount of recyclable waste from going to landfills, millions of recyclable products still get dumped in them. (Fagiano, 1992). These products do not bio degrade and can stay buried for hundreds of years. Americans continue to consume,
Well written essay, but not befitting the title.
Well written essay about the causes and a brief solution has been proposed. But what I find lacking is its relevance to the title. The essay is about the damaging effects of pollution.
The essay gives more stress on causes of pollution rather than its effects. There are only four or five lines describing the effects - "These noxious vapors can slowly decline lung health, which can cause lung cancer, and destroy the earth's atmosphere" (2nd para), "Dumping hot water can cause algae overgrowth that can blanket the surface of lakes, ponds or bay areas. The algae blanket covers light that is needed for healthy plant and nutrient growth"(4th para), "Pollutants can cause bacteria growth and disease." (4th para) and some unsubstantiated claims like "this and this contaminates soil or water". For an article on the effects of pollution, I would have expected a deeper explanation of how that contamination is damaging. The essay falls well short in that regard.
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