... , esthetic and visible issues and creates ecological hazards. Runsheng LV and Yanyong Bo Ll in their paper examining groundwater pollution due to mining in china have stated that the ground water reaches only 65% of the water quality and this situation is fairly grim (Bo LI, pp 3) china ... of which 200 waste dumps are self igniting. (Bian et al, 2008, pp626). These dumps cause land erosion, contaminate ground water, and contribute to dust pollution and even explosions because they are self igniting. Steps should be taken to deal with waste management due to coal mining ... the risk asthm...

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... of gasoline are burned each and every day. At first glance, this seems like an efficient energy source, but upon closer consideration, it becomes obvious that the cost "pollution--dramatically overshadows the benefits. The outdated technology of the internal combustion engine, the apparatus used to convert this "magic liquid- into energy, is the sole culprit responsible for gasoline's ... and running a car engine and cause eye irritation, congestion, wheezing, shortness of breath, permanent lung damage, and acid rain. They also react with Nitrogen Oxides in sunlight to form ground level ...

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... the rate of soil erosion. Water plays an important role in soil erosion. When an area receives more water (in the form of rain, melting snow, or ice) than the ground can absorb, the excess water flows to the lowest level, carrying loose material with it. Gentle slopes are subject to sheet and rill erosion, in which the runoff removes a thin ... . Deforestation, overgrazing by livestock and agricultural practices that fail to conserve soil are three main causes of accelerated soil loss. Other acts of human carelessness also damage soil. These include pollution from agricultural pesticides...

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... the Arctic and Antarctic regions are really a significant thinning, or reduction in ozone concentrations, which results in the destruction of up to 70% of the ozone normally found between the ground and space. Below, I will explain the potential causes of the newest hole in the ozone layer, citing responses from environmentalists and scientists, and outline some measures that have been proposed ... sunlight-filtering effect can be observed in those cities when smog appears like a brown or yellow cloud, giving those cities a perpetually overcast sky (Makhijani, 31). Fortunately, carbon m...

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