Essays about: "toxic pollution"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 50 essays containing the words toxic pollution.

  1. 21. The Right to an Environment Free from Toxic Pollution & State Obligations to Eradicate Asbestos—Now is the time

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Colette Heefner; [2019]
    Keywords : international human rights law; state obligations; toxic pollution; asbestos; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Asbestos mining and production manufacturing infringes on the right to live free from toxic pollution. Though as this right is not yet formally codified, this thesis will make a case for its recognition and concurrently push for a global ban of this fibrous set of naturally occurring minerals that are extremely hazardous to the human body. READ MORE

  3. 22. Efficient Garbage Collection System

    University essay from

    Author : Aria Hassankhan Mokri; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : It has been for decades since invention and use of automation has become important and popular to achieve economic and technical advantages in almost all aspects of operations and productions. Integration of communication with the automation has provided many additional and practical applications in a wide spectrum of industries and the everyday life of the people. READ MORE

  4. 23. Smokeless homes : Challenges for Increasing Use of Improved Biomass Cookstoves in Kisumu, Kenya.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

    Author : Mwanje Dianne; [2018]
    Keywords : Biomass; Dunga wetland community; Improved Biomass Cookstoves; Community Based Organizations; Wise- Kenya; Women’s empowerment;

    Abstract : In Kenya, 69 percent of populations depend on biomass fuels to meet their cooking needs. The incomplete combustion of biomass is performed in insufficiently ventilated settings thus exposing human health and environment to toxic pollution. READ MORE

  5. 24. (Toxic) effects induced by synthetic and natural microparticles on Daphnia magna : Investigating particles and mixtures

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för miljövetenskap och analytisk kemi

    Author : Markus Hermann; [2018]
    Keywords : Microplastic mixtures; natural particles; Daphnia magna; effect studies; risk assessment;

    Abstract : With increasing global plastics production, the amounts of fragmenting, microscopic plastic debris (microplastics, MPs) are anticipated to rise in aquatic environments. The ecological consequences of this pollution are currently unknown. READ MORE

  6. 25. Application of ERT and IP for localisation of chlorinated hydrocarbons at a former dry-cleaning facility

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk geologi; Lunds universitet/Väg- och vattenbyggnad (CI)

    Author : Hedda Jönsson; Anna Wiberg; [2017]
    Keywords : Chlorinated hydrocarbons; PCE; Hagforstvätten; Geophysics; Resistivity; Chargeability; Geological features; Man-made structures; Technology and Engineering; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : At Hagforstvätten a dry-cleaning facility operated 1970 – 1993 and leached huge amounts of tetrachloroethene (PCE) to soil and groundwater. This study was conducted at the contaminated site and focused on applying the geophysical methods Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) and Induced Polarization (IP) to investigate if it was possible to locate source zone, degradation zones and groundwater plumes of PCE. READ MORE