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Introduction
Pollution,
Emergence with such
devastating evolution
In the face of the ever
expanding globalization
Filled with development,
riches, vision
But a price to pay for
what nature has
become
Of a barren, dead
paradise once full of
fulfillment
What can we say as to what can we
really do
Or what can we really do
to make a move
To prevent further
devastation of this
kind
From such expanding
deterioration from
happening in time
Is what we can rest
assure of this
disaster
Never to happen again
ever after
What is pollution?
"contamination of the earth's environment with materials that interfere with human health, the quality of life, or the natural functioning of ecosystems" (Encarta.com).
wrong substances in a wrong quantity in the wrong time and at the wrong place;
agent which causes imbalances in the earth’s ecological equilibrium.
Considered or not, we are living in a world where pollution has become a part of our lives. There are two types of the cause of pollution, natural and man-made. Natural pollution occurs naturally and won't cause excessive harm to our lives due to its regeneration ability. While the man-made pollution is caused by human activities, and hard to get rid of. The backbones of man-made pollution are human population and technology. Naturally human needs contact to the environment, we get resources from nature. This is for the sake of living. By the increase of human population, the contact is getting more intensive, because needs are increasing. And by the findings and development of new technologies, human can apply them to get the resources. And it's common that new technologies would bring their respective side effects besides their advantages.
Now you can see, small population with any level of technology wouldn't have to exploit the nature overwhelmingly. But big population with any level of technology will surely exploit the nature more, and even overwhelmingly... this is all for the needs of people, for the sake of living!
What we have to say about this problem?
If
we bring this topic out
to people in general,
politicians and
industrialists alike,
there is an immediate
agreement that pollution
is wrong and it must be
prevented. But we have
to ask ourselves, what
is the degree of
pollution globally now
and the efforts taken to
combat it. Is pollution
now overpowering us? But
we can be assured as the
world goes on, zero
pollution can never be
achieved.
Pollution is a
growing pain...
pollution is not a
problem that came
suddenly from the sky,
it's our fault and has
been a part of our life
through many years. Can
you imagine living in a
world where all the
things we use are
synthetics? Or, losing
species that we haven't
seen before, that
actually can be used to
cure cancer or AIDS? We
must be wise in managing
our resources, and take
positive action towards
preventing any forms of
pollution to the
environment. Make
the world a better place
to live.
The effort starts from you.
©2001, Team C0111040, ThinkQuest.
