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What are the major environmental issues of our time?

· very little is done

· There are several different problems related to the issue of the environment.

· Industrial Revolution brought about a lot of changes in our environment

· more and more factories were built – threaten the environment with exhaust fumes and harmful byproducts

· depletion of the ozone layer - global warming is one of the most threatening issue

· entail increase in the world's temperature

· rise in the sea level

· melting of the polar ice cap.

· large number of species threatened by extinction

· there are lots of organizations to call attention to the endangered species

What different types of pollution have you heard of?

· three major forms of pollution.

· air, water and soil pollution

· light pollution which is becoming quite widespread around big cities

How can air pollution be dangerous for our health?

· contamination of the atmosphere by gaseous, liquid, or solid wastes or by-products.

· The effects can also be dangerous for humans as well as for animals and plants.

· reduce visibility or produce undesirable odors.

· air pollutants: carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, lead and different non-methane hydrocarbons

· oxides produced by fossil-fuel-fired electric power plants, industrial boilers, and residential furnaces.

· high amount of carbon monoxide in the air as petrol and diesel are burnt

· our own comfort can be blamed for all the problems of pollution.

· other major pollution sources including iron and steel mills; zinc, lead, and copper smelters; municipal incinerators; oil refineries; cement plants, and nitric and sulphuric acid plants.

What is done to control air pollution?

· I have been acquainted with several methods of controlling air pollution.

· removing the hazardous material before it is used

· removing the pollutant after it is formed

· altering the process so that the pollutant is not formed or occurs only at very low level

· Car exhaust pollutants can be controlled by burning the fuel as completely as possible

· recirculating fumes from the fue