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
Everybody
knows about pollution, in fact it is a part of
our lives today. But, what
is the definition of pollution? Here are
some:
-
"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.
 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
the people.
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. At least, we
should give an effort to
minimize it, regardless
of geographical
boundaries.
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. And
remember, the
effort starts from you.
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