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Air pollution is the presence of substances in the atmosphere that are harmful to humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the environment. Air pollution can be chemical, physical or biological. [1]
Noise pollution, or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise or sound with potential harmful effects on humans and animals.The source of outdoor noise worldwide is mainly caused by machines, transport and propagation systems.
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause harm. [1] Pollution can take the form of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy (such as radioactivity, heat, sound, or light).
The Formosa steel plant is suspected to be the source of the toxic chemical waste. [6] The company admitted that there was a sewage pipe connecting the plant and the ocean and it was reported that several days before the incident, 300 tonnes (300 long tons; 330 short tons) of chemicals were imported by Formosa in order to clean the pipe. [7]
The COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam has resulted in 11,624,000 [1] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 43,206 [1] deaths. The number of confirmed cases is the highest total in Southeast Asia, and the 13th highest in the world.
November 8, 2010; 4:00 PM Open Letter on Public Polling We are writing this open letter to express concern about the proliferation of polls conducted for public release that contain inadequate information on how they were conducted
A pollutant or novel entity [1] is a substance or energy introduced into the environment that has undesired effect, or adversely affects the usefulness of a resource. These can be both naturally forming (i.e. minerals or extracted compounds like oil) or anthropogenic in origin (i.e. manufactured materials or byproducts).
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Lloyd C. Blankfein joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -40.6 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.