The Negative Effects Of Pollution On The World

Pollution is affecting many individuals, and life, as we know it. We need to do something about how it’s affecting our world. That’s why more people should realize that pollution is an issue that needs to be prevented because of its negative consequences. Which are health effects, the total destruction of environments, and the death of animals and plants. More awareness must be brought up amongst the people and they must realize the long-term benefits of pollution prevention.

Pollution is causing the destruction of environments and habitats resulting in many adverse effects. There are many types of environments heavily damaged by pollution; one such is a freshwater environment. Polluting factors such as untreated sewage, mining waste, acid

The issue why people are against pollution prevention is because of long legislation bureaucracy that costs time and money, and the cost of implementing pollution prevention. Often before greener ways can be practiced they have to be passed through congress. The congress has to approve or disapprove these processes. No one can come to an agreement in congress, so these bills are delayed and by the time they are passed the problem with pollution is far worse than before. Max Baucus, chairman of the environmental protection subcommittee published a document that said “the clean air act of 1970 took many years take action it, set stand standards and deadlines for the auto industry to be based upon”. This was wasn’t enough, he further stated that, “The need for a stronger Clean Air Act is as evident this year as the dirt in the air we breathe. Thanks to the long stalemates in congress on new clean air legislation, smog levels in 1988 were the worst of the decade”. The problem is if we do not act fast on prevention there will be big a mess for us to clean up in the long run. By taking time we are ultimately digging ourselves in to a deep