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  2. Environmental impacts of animal agriculture - Wikipedia

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    This chemical reaction creates an environment that makes it difficult for calcifying organisms to produce protective shells and causes seagrass overpopulation. [186] A reduction in marine life can have an adverse effect on people’s way of life, since limited sea life may reduce food availability and reduce coastal protection against storms. [187]

  3. Environmental impact of pig farming - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, agencies with jurisdiction over CAFOs are typically environmental or natural resource state-run agencies, as opposed to local health departments. This is an advantage for addressing environmental impacts but a disadvantage for human health concerns, as the majority of local health issues get overlooked by state-run agencies. [33]

  4. Environmental impact of agriculture - Wikipedia

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    The environmental impact of agriculture is the effect that different farming practices have on the ecosystems around them, and how those effects can be traced back to those practices. [1] The environmental impact of agriculture varies widely based on practices employed by farmers and by the scale of practice.

  5. Effects of climate change on agriculture - Wikipedia

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    The effect of global climate change on yields of different crops from climate trends ranged from −13.4% (oil palm) to 3.5% (soybean). The study also showed that effects are generally positive in Latin America. Effects in Asia and Northern and Central America are mixed. [128]

  6. Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care ...

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    As a result, the negative effects of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems [68] can be generated. 2Al (s) + 6H + → 2Al 3+ (aq) + 3H 2 (g) [69] By employing proper disposal methods, all manufacturing materials of blister packs like PP, PE, PVC and Al can be recycled and the adverse effects to the environment can be minimized.

  7. List of countries by meat consumption - Wikipedia

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    "Meat Atlas 2021, facts and figures about animals we eat" (PDF). Friends of the Earth, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland. September 2021; Brown, Felicity (2 September 2009). "Meat consumption per capita". TheGuardian.com

  8. Exploitation of natural resources - Wikipedia

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    Instead, it impacts the whole country as low wages for high-risk mining worsen poverty rates, exacerbating negative social impacts such as conflict, higher crime rates, and child mortality. The effects of the exploitation of natural resources in the local community of a developing country are also exhibited in the impacts from the Ok Tedi Mine.

  9. List of environmental issues - Wikipedia

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    Environmental issues are harmful aspects of human activity on the biophysical environment. This alphabetical list is loosely divided into causes, effects and mitigation, noting that effects are interconnected and can cause new effects.