Effects of Pollution on Border Patrol Agents

Water Pollution in An Historical context

With respect to a concern for the environment, it is probably fair to state that most people think that environmental awareness is a relatively recent phenomenon, dating at most back to the first Earth Day in 1970 (DiSilvestro, 1990, p. 5). Among Americans, it is also probably fair to state that most of them think that a concern for the environment is an American phenomenon (Vig and Kraft, 1990, pp. 911). While it is true that environmental protection actions have become more numerous and more effective in recent decades, it is not true that concerns for the protection of the environment did not exist far earlier. It is also true that effective environmental cleanup and protection actions were effected in countries such the United Kingdom well before most of the body of environmental law now existing in the United States was enacted. Environmental degradation in the United States, however, does have a long history. It is said, for example, that "many Europeans in the 1700s believe

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tal contamination begin to be manifested in the forms of shortages of fresh water, increased incidence of disease, new forms of disease, food supply shortages, and so forth, however, the political outlook of the general public will shift. Unfortunately, however, this shift will occur over the longterm, and, by the time it does occur, the environmental damage from contamination will have already occurred. Reversing the effects of contamination at this latter time will prove to be both more difficult and more expensive that would be the case, if the problems were effectively addressed over the shortterm (Berger, 1985, p. 173). The Contamination of Ground Water Through The Burning of Fossil Fuels An acid is a chemical compound containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or other positive ion to form a salt. Acids dissociate in water to yield hydrogen ions. Acid solutions are corrosive and have a sharp taste. Acid rain is moisture falling from clouds that has a high acid content. Acid rain may pollute ground water by falling directly into lakes and rivers or by falling on land and leaching into ground water supplies. Pollution is introduced into the air by both natural and artificial contaminant particulates. Ty
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