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_ciggaretes..pollution..acid rain _
By: sammie
Samanaz Felfeli Extra Credit #1 Cigarettes Whats killing our country ? This
year alone cigarettes will kill 420,00 Americans, and how many more will
suffer from cancers, and circulatory and respiratory diseases. These horrible
illnesses were known to originate from cigarettes for years, and recently
nicotine, the main man chemical additive in cigarettes, was declared addictive
by the Food and Drug Administration. This explains why smokers continue to use
cigarettes even though smokers are aware of the constantly warned about health
dangers in cigarettes. Although smokers constitute the majority of the people
who suffer from cigarettes, they are not the only ones ailing from cigarette
smoke. The amount of second hand smoke inhaled by the typical non smoker is
equivalent to one cigarette smoker per day. Even that amount of smoke can
cause damage to a persons heart. Smoking by pregnant women causes allot of
premature deaths and miscarriages. The only way to terminate the suffering and
loss of life brought upon by cigarettes exists as a complete proscription on
them. Opponents to the banning of cigarettes argue though, that it will create
a profound impact on the economy. For years cigarettes have been known to
cause cancer, emphysema, and other horrible illnesses. The death of 420,000
Americans this year will be attributable to cigarettes. With all the other
causes of preventable deaths, accidents, alcohol, illegal drugs, AIDS,
suicide, transportation accidents, fires, and guns, cigarettes still account
for more preventable deaths than those do combined. Samanaz Felfeli Extra
Credit # 2 Pollution The first thing people see, in the morning, when they
walk outside is the sky or the colored sun, Is the world giving us the
privilege of seeing the natural colors of the sun through all layers of
pollution within the air? Not only are beautiful sights such as this hidden
behind the pollution this world causes everyday, but an increasing diseases,
infections and death occurs. What causes pollution? What can we do to prevent
it, and get rid of it? Is it fair to the children of the future to have to
suffer the consequences that pollution causes? Why not take care of the
problem now? Factory and business owners have the ability to prevent air
pollution. Air pollution is the presence in the atmosphere of harmful gases,
liquids, or solids. Air pollution, known as smoke pollution for many years,
resulted from coal combustion. Smog gas been a problem in coal burning areas
for several centuries. Smog finally decreased when coal combustion was
replaced by oil and gas combustion. Air pollution is caused by a number of
different types of pollutants. The first type, particulate matter, consist of
solid and liquid aerosois suspended in the atmosphere. The second type is
sulfur oxides which come from the burning of coal and industrial processes.
The third type of pollutant is carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is colorless,
odorless, tasteless gas against which humans have no protection. The fourth
type is hydrocarbons which are chemical compounds containing only carbon and
hydrogen. The last type is nitrogen oxides that come form high temperature
combustion, such as that occurring in motor vehicle engines, electric power
plants and other fuel usage. All these pollutants are destroying our planet in
front of our eyes and there isnt much were are doing. Samanaz Felfei Extra
Credit # 3 Acid Rain Acid rain is a serious problem with disastrous effects.
Each day this serious problem increases, many people believe that this issue
is too small to deal with right now. This issue should be met head on and
solved before it is too late. Acid rain is a cancer eating into the face of
Eastern Canada and the North Eastern United States. On both sides of the
border, cars and trucks are the main sources for nitric acid , while power
generating plants and industrial commercial and residential fuel combustion
together contribute most of the rest. Acid rain is killing more than lakes, It
can scar the leaves of hardwood forest, wither ferns, accelerate the death of
coniferous needles, sterilize seeds, and weaken the forests to a state that is
vulnerable to disease, infestation and decay. In the soil the acid neutralizes
chemicals vital for growth, strips other from the and soil and carries them to
the lakes and literally retards the respiration of the soil. There is evidence
that the rain is destroying the productivity of the once rich soils
themselves, like and overdose of chemical fertilizer. The damage of such
overdosing may not be repairable or reversible . Acid rain is very real and a
very threatening problem. In order for things to be done we need to find a way
to work together on this for at least a reduction in the contaminants
contributing to acid rain. Although there are right steps in the right
direction s but the government should be cracking down on factories not using
the best filtering systems when incinerating or if the factory is giving of
many other dangerous fumes. I would like to express this question to you the
public Would u rather pay a little now or a lot later?
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