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Preventing Pollution

Preventing Pollution. Emily Gilmore. What is Pollution? . Five Different Types of Pollution: Air Pollution Vehicles Natural Sources Forest Fires Volcano Eruptions Water Pollution Improper Waste Disposal Soil Pollution Hazardous waste Sewage spills Noise Pollution

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Preventing Pollution

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  1. Preventing Pollution Emily Gilmore

  2. What is Pollution? Five Different Types of Pollution: • Air Pollution • Vehicles • Natural Sources • Forest Fires • Volcano Eruptions • Water Pollution • Improper Waste Disposal • Soil Pollution • Hazardous waste • Sewage spills • Noise Pollution • Noise Pollution disturbs wildlife, causes hearing loss, etc. • Traffic, airports, concerts, etc • Personal Pollution (polluting ones own body) • Smocking, Drinking, etc Pollution is the undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities

  3. About 27 million children live in areas with unhealthy air pollution An estimated 50,000 people a year may die from pollution Animals exposed to pollution could end up being killed For example, fish exposed to highly polluted waters Pollution is a cause of Global Warming

  4. How is Preventing Pollution Beneficial? Makes it easier to breathe (helpful for those with asthma) Makes the world we live in last longer Helps save wildlife Makes people healthier

  5. Ways to Prevent Pollution:

  6. Recycling What is recycling? Recycling is the process of re-using a given product (beyond its intended use), or producing a new product from a recyclable material. Recyclable Items Glass Paper Plastic Steel Cans

  7. How Recycling Helps Recycling helps with preventing pollution because it uses less fossil fuels, that could eventually harm the environment, How? It reduces the amount of industrial products that are made in factories. Less recycling can equal this: What are in Fossil Fuels? Fossil Fuels Like gasoline, diesel, and coal may contain Methane Sulfur Dioxide Carbon Dioxide

  8. Conserve your driving During the Summer, turn of the air conditioning off and roll down the windows (it uses less gas) Use public transportation (like busses and the Front Runner) as much as possible Not making a trip to the store for only one small item Driving less sends less gasses into the air Ways to drive less are: Walking whenever you can Avoid Drive-Thrus (it waste gas) Carpooling

  9. Don’tLeaveYourCarIdling! Diesel engines produce more than 40 hazardous air pollutants that are released when idling. Idling you car is leaving it on to warm it up or to quickly do something. Idling a car for ten minutes can send a pound of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere Idling your car for 2 minutes can waste a mile of gas!

  10. The Health Triangle Mental/Emotional: You may feel bad abut yourself if you realized that you have polluted Physical: With cleaner air, it is easier to run around in sports and other activities Social: With cleaner air, it is easier to go outside and meet your friends

  11. Activity!

  12. What City is More Polluted? Chicago, Illinois Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  13. What City is Cleaner? Bismarck, North Dakota Orlando, Florida

  14. What City is More Polluted? Dallas, Texas Houston, Texas

  15. What City is Cleaner? Boise, Idaho Cheyenne, Wyoming

  16. What City is More Polluted? Las Angeles. California Phoenix, Arizona

  17. What City is Cleaner? Bangor, Maine Manchester, New Hampshire

  18. What City is More Polluted? Cincinnati, Ohio Detroit, Michigan

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