Are we all innocent?

Global warming has been a serious problem for several years because people are not aware of the consequences of the pollution we do every day. Some people say that factories are guilty because they produce a lot of dangerous chemicals that affects the air, the water and the earth, but we do not ralize that we also contaminate. The amount of pollution is rising every day so fast that in a few years the consequences will be unstoppable But it’s never too late to change...

Here in Argentina, there isn’t a law that say that we can’t throw garbage on the streets or a law of recycling, so people think that throw a paper on the street isn’t a big deal. But if all of us think the same way, our country will became a rubbish-dump. In the last few weeks the super markets began a “green campaign” to reduce the amount of plastic bags, but people still prefer the plastic bags. So I think that if we can’t make a little effort to change, we will have to suffer the consequences.

Last year, here in Yerba Buena, a graveyard (San Agustin) wanted to install a crematorie oven to burn dead bodies and make ashes of them. But some studies demonstrated that, in spite of the modern systems of multiple combustion these ovens emit toxic substances to the atmosphere. Also it is located in a recidential zone and the smoke and the garbage it produce could affect the water that these neigborhood use. So the law prohibits it construction.

Forms of pollution In Yerba Buena:

• Air pollution.
• Water pollution.
• Littering.
• Noise pollution.
• Light pollution.
• Visual pollution.

Effects:

-Human health

-Adverse air quality can kill many organisms including humans. Ozone pollution can cause respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, throat inflammation, chest pain, and congestion.

-Water pollution causes approximately 14,000 deaths per day, mostly due to contamination of drinking water by untreated sewage in developing countries.

-Oil spills can cause skin irritations and rashes.

-Noise

pollution induces hearing loss, high blood pressure, stress, and sleep disturbance.

-Chemical can cause cancer and as well as birth defects.

-Ecosystems

• Soil can become infertile and unsuitable for plants. This will affect other organisms in the food web.
• Smog and haze can reduce the amount of sunlight received by plants to carry out photosynthesis.
• Global warming.
  

To summarize, we all have to contribute to the the global warming problem. Now we can see the problems it produce, and if we dont change, they will get worse and there is not another opportunity. So don’t stare waiting the other people to fix the problem, YOU have to give the example and try to spread the message. So think green!

-Philippe Delaporte

-Sources: http://www.wikipedia.org/

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