... ). HAPS can cause serious health problems like cancer, birth defects, nervous system problems, and deaths that are all due to people accidentally letting them go into the air. House and car paint as well as the manufacturing of lead batteries, fishing lures, certain parts of bullets, some ceramic ware, water pipes, and fixtures, release lead. In young children, lead can cause ... Agra, India. There are many things we can do to reduce the problems of acid pollution. One major way is to reduce the amount of trips you take in your car. Another way that a lot of our pollution is caused is by...

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... worry that other chemical refrigerants may not have the same effectiveness as freon, which is the most popular "active ingredient- in car and home air conditioning systems (Makhijani, 79). However, EPA regulations adopted in 1999 and 2000 mandate checkups on car air conditioning systems and static a/c systems in commercial buildings to ensure that there is no freon or CFC leakage. Conclusion Ozone ... in the years since 1960. Numerous industrial and chemical processes were probably responsible for the increase in ozone-reactive CFCs and other chemicals since then, but the drastic increa...

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... oxide) NOx emissions from cars. The government should make rules and regulations and laws of reducing the use of fossil fuels, they should pass bills regarding at least 4 people in a car etc. Or discourage people from buying cars and vehicles by increasing tax rates on cars. 2. What individuals can do? Acid rain can best be curtailed by reducing the amount of ... etc. it would help raise the family budget too. You dont have to have Catalytic converters, if you use pool cars instead, you save the money of having your own car, it's expenses of petrol, keeping it clean etc. So basically, y...

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... in New England. During one particularly acid summer storm, rain falling on a lime-green automobile leached away the yellow in the green paint, leaving blue raindrop shaped spots on the car. Scientists have found that pollution in the air from the burning of fossil fuels is the main cause of acid rain. The major chemicals in air that help to create ... ...

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... cost of the vehicle will increase to compensate for the cost of the resistant paint. This inflation in automobile cost can prove to be a problem for many that rely on a car but can not afford the influx. Acid rain is also responsible for the loss of two billion to four billion dollars worth of wheat, corn, soybeans, and peanuts. This is ... ...

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... be wearing earmuffs to bed just to get good nights sleep. There are many ways to controlling population in the world. Informing people to cut down on natural resources like car-pooling to save energy, recycling paper to lesson the amount of deforestation, or even making sure you shut the water off in between stages of brushing your teeth, can help ... ...

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... Housing Administration, Americans are finding it easier every day to buy their own homes. We collectively have more money to spend, and wish it on the living conditions we truly desire. However, these aspects are offset by the fact that we decrease our food supply and degrade our earth with every foundation poured, nail pounded, and real estate deal closed. We ... ...

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