... can see that there are many types, one type is acid rain. Scientists have discovered that air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels mainly in power stations and industry in countries such as Germany, United Kingdom and other economically developed countries is the major cause of acid ... mortality, hospital admissions and emergency room visits. The clean air act is an international agreement which is set by the environment council which meet and discuss global environmental issues e.g. air pollution, then come up with strategies to combat these problems. On a national scale the sp...

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... outcome of ecological, biological and chemical monitoring at the same time. Chemical assessment can't be neglected since different ecosystems may react differently to different sources of pollution. The major obstacle facing the biological approach is determining the baseline characteristics for biological communities for each type of water bodies. These results were reached through, ... investigating the biological and chemical aspects of the ecosystem and the relationship between the ecosystem and pollution. Biological monitoring was thoroughly discussed, taking in account its necessit...

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... , each river constitutes the living skeleton of the territories it flows in. That's why, water is a vital resource in all economies and because of overpopulation, mass consumption, misuse, and water pollution, the availability of drinking water per capita is inadequate and shrinking as of the year 2006 . The scarcity of water for human and ecosystem uses leads to intense political pressures ... ...

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