It polluted the whole river as the chemicals flowed down the river Rhine. It was one of the major sources of water that flowed through four major countries of Europe. Now the contaminated water could not be used by these people. The chemicals killed many species in water. Dead fishes could be seen floating on water.
Abstract Waste management persists of the handling of the waste that has been produced. Everywhere, the earth is being dirtied by people's wastes, yet there are few ways to get rid of them. No disposal method is attractive, except for waste prevention and reduction. Dumping wastes in landfills threatens to contaminate the underlying groundwater and dumping wastes into oceans poisons the water which causes the death of species living underwater. Prevention is ideally appealing because it has got many profits that need to be taken advantage of.
In this scenario, Alumina has had plant waste going into the local lake. The mother has multiple options open to her, but she has chosen to take the vocal route, establishing her opinion to the local newspapers of the supposed violations that Alumina has contaminated the local lake. Two areas of note that were not brought up in detail in the simulation were the aspects of apriori, and property. The first, apriori, means to learn about what has come before. In this case, it refers to the levels of contaminants that Alumina had been putting into the lake 10 years previously.
The Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing On the Environment Amber (Dawn) Phillips University Of Pheonix Abstract Hydraulic Fracturing or Fracking offers a means to reduce foreign oil dependence for America. While this may be a solution for one problem, the process itself can and will cause problems on a much greater scale. Fracking methods are posing great dangers of damage to our already polluted environment. If the process as it stands at this point continues, the harm will be irreversible and dire. The Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing On the Environment Dependence on foreign oil has long been a concern of Americans.
Alas, only small amounts of these ‘home sprays’ actually hit their target resulting in a mass contamination of soil, air, and food. Rachel Carson, a member of the US Fish and Wildlife service, quit her job as a biologist and devoted her full time to the research for her watershed book, Silent Spring. The book aimed to expose the unknown horrors of pesticides that scientists did not want the public to know about. An immediate New York Times best seller, Carson’s work had a massive impact, resulting into more than 40 bills passed in Congress to take back the environment. Carson maintains a striking message for the modern utilitarian conservation movement stressing the effects of unregulated chemical use and a push for governmental legislation with the central theme of nature existing for all of us.
Along with these facts, she explains how in many occasions the pesticides have done more harm than good in eliminating the pests they were supposed to destroy. Carson points out that many of the long-term effects that these chemicals may have on the environment, as well as us humans, are still unknown in addition to her report. The argument in Carson’s Silent Spring led to the passing of environmental legislation and the establishment of government agencies to better regulate the use of these chemicals (Griswold 2012). Kairos: While working for the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, Miss Carson first became aware of the effects of chemical pesticides on the natural environment. Her main concern was the government’s use of chemical pesticides such as DDT, a colorless substance used as an insecticide that is toxic to humans and animals when swallowed or absorbed through the skin (Guralnik 1970).
Furthermore, the reservoir also covered many unexcavated archaeological sites, destroying irreplaceable ancient heritage. 2. How does the Three Gorges Dam relate to the issues of global warming, biodiversity, and water pollution discussed in this chapter? The Three Gorges Dam reduced the emission of C)2 by thermoelectricity factory; it has also prevented the pollution that was entering into the river. The main cause of reducing biodiversity was preventing the stream and also prevented the movement of the migration of fish was blocked, and plants and animals adapted to the river habitat would die out.
Dead Zones There are numerous dead zones found around the world and the number is expected to double in the years to come. One of the largest dead zones is located in the Gulf of Mexico. Studies have shown that nitrates from fertilizers, which are used by the farmers, runoff into the Mississippi River then eventually makes its way to the Gulf creating the Dead Zones. In order to stop the ruination of the natural environment, actions need to be taken immediately if we are to protect and improve our waterways. Dead Zones occur when dissolved oxygen levels in the water get so depleted the water cannot support life.
A revolutionary environmental book by Rachel Carson, entitled Silent Spring, which brought attention to the consequences of humans’ intrusion on nature in through the use of highly toxic chemicals like the DDT (Botkin & Keller, 2011, Ch. 1). Additionally, large environmental issues like oil spills and pollution related deaths; brought the public, politicians, and scientists to a realization of a damaged earth due to humans. However, the environmental movement created a new interest in protecting the earth while maintaining progress in industrialization and technological advancements. Thereby, working toward more environmental regulations, laws, efficiency, and cleaner energy; eventually establishing the EPA in 1970.
With growing communities is a lack of space for landfills. The next step is moving to the open oceans, where people are dumping additional waste. The result of dumping trash in the Ocean is the devastation of sea life and the destruction of the ecosystem. Waste management and environmental problems because of trash has increased costs to cities, states, and nations. Recent attempts and policies have reduced some of the waste but a greater effort is needed to solve the trash issue.