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Pollution Types: Main Focus: Land, Air, and Light Pollution Land Water Noise Light Space etc. Main Focus: Land, Air, and Light Pollution

Land Pollution Includes household garbage and industrial waste In 2010, Americans produced ~250 millions tons of garbage ~54% is in landfills ~34% is recycled Hazardous waste is generated by mining, petroleum refining, pesticide manufacturing and other chemical productions, households also generate hazardous waste through paints, chemical solvents, motor fluids, fluorescent lights, etc

Air Pollution Substances in the atmosphere that have damaging effects on living things and the environment Over the past 150 years human activity has raised CO2 levels higher than it has been for hundreds and thousands of years Kills more than 2 million people worldwide a year Ex. Methyl isocyanate produced at a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal in 1984 killed over 2,000 people and over 200,000 suffered respiratory problems

Light Pollution Caused by excessive, misdirected, artificial light Disrupts Ecosystems Birds sing at unnatural hours Confuses migratory patterns Sky Glow, makes it difficult for astronomers to properly see the sky According to the American Geophysical Union, light pollution could also make smog worse by destroying nitrate radicals that helps the dispersion of smog

Community Service Volunteer work with local JSA for cherry blossom festival Indirectly spreads awareness of the environment through the scenery Cleaning up the streets with local community groups Previously worked with groups to clean up streets of cities and towns Includes Boston and other Massachusetts towns and here

Related to the Common Good? “certain general conditions that are… equally to everyone’s advantage” –John Rawls Spreads awareness of the environment and pollutions Benefits everyone on earth to work on this problem Cleaner earth = better lives Humans have an obligation to keep the earth healthy as we live and survive off it

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