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Preface

Air Pollution

Ecology

Factory Farming

Acid raid

Cars

Drinking Water

Waste

Seas

Every day, we hear more about the disasters that face us on this planet. Animals

and plants are dying.

Seas and rivers are being filled with rubbish. The air is being poisoned with

chemicals and smoke. And these are only a few examples of now the way we

have lived until now has damaged our world.

Acid rain

Acid rain doesn’t burn us, and it has got nothing to do with drugs,but it has a

burning effect on trees and buildings.

Acid rain Affects everything it falls on. Rivers, lakes and forests are at risk

throughout Europe and North America.

Forests are particularly badly affected by acid rain.

Some of the most beautiful historic buildings in the world are being eaten away

by the dilute acid rained on them.

Some countries, are trying to tackle the acid-rain problem by using safer

technology to burn their coal, oil and gas. In Germany, smoke is sprayed with

lime produce gypsum, which is then used for building roads. Before the

beginning of the century, farms used to produce a mixture of crops, and some of

the land was used to raise animals, too. This gave the land time to rest between

different crops. There are disadvantages to producing only one thing. The land

becomes more easily exhausted because the same minerals from the soil are

taken up by the crop year after year and so those minerals have to be provided

by chemical substitutes.

Air Pollution

The air of our planet is being polluted by acid gases, dust, petrol and diesel

fumes and poisonous chemicals. These come from our cars, our factories and

our power stations.

A major problem with air pollution is that it does not obey national boundaries.

The planet’s wind cycles and currents can carry pollution hundreds of miles

away from its original source.

Many countries in the world are trying to solve the problem of air pollution in

various ways, either by trying to burn their fossil fuels more cleanly or by fitting

catalytic converters to their cars so fewer poisonous gases are produced

Cars

Many people see cars as a status symbol.

Сars are an accepted way of travelling for millions of people and the serious of

environmental problems they cause Five thousand people die in accident every

year and many more are injured. Air pollution from car exhausts leads to

illnesses like lung cancer.

Cans

Cans are made of either tinplate or aluminium, sometimes both in a mixture.

Tin and aluminium are both expensive metals.

Most cans can be recycled (see recycling) . It makes environmental sense to

recycle them.

Cigarettes

The danger of cigarette smoking is well known Smoking is particularly

dangerous for pregnant women because it afffects the growth of children in the

womb. By not smoking you can safeguard the health of the planet as well as

your own. Drinking water. Drinking water We may think that the drinking water

coming out of our taps is safe to drink

Ecology

The word «ecology» comes from Geek oikos. Ecology and ecological subjects sre

included on many school courses.

Elephants are becoming an endangered species. If we don’t act now, there is a

very strong possibility that they will be extinct.

Elephant are one of the world’s most majestic animals. We must not let them

die.