"llutio" - 1 õppematerjal

Endangered natural environments

problems Oil shale mining and burning Air pollution The draining of swamps and peat Water pollution Excessive forest cutting ...and so on  1. Combustion of oil shale 10 thousand hectares of land covered with dump rock hills underground mining is unfit for further use of 20 thousand hectares The pollution leaving from the chimney of a power plant fly ash  2. Air pollution Am b ie nt a ir p o llutio n a nd a ir p o llutio n in c itie s a d ve rs e ly a ffe c ts h um a n h e a lth e c o s ys te m s a nd b uild ing s .  North Estonian cities, depending on the increase in incidence has been observed in the increase in concentration of pollutants in the ambient air. North-east Estonian industrial area of respiratory case rate, higher than elsewhere.  3. Water pollution Inc re a s e s with th e num b e r o f p e o p le in th e wa te r c o ns um p tio n