Indoor Air Pollution: Look at the Causes and Solutions

According to the EPA, air pollution indoors is often two to five times worse than it is outside. In extreme cases, air pollution inside can be a hundred times worse than outside. The reason is partly because numerous chemicals, like cleaning supplies, hair sprays and perfumes, are used inside the home. Another part of the problem is that many items inside our homes and materials used in home construction are notorious for letting off poisonous gasses - for years. Carpets, shower curtains, paints, upholstery, plywood, particle board, cabinets, computers, and synthetic materials all let off poisonous gasses and chemicals. Because most homes are well insulated, it leaves those poisons trapped inside for us to breathe.

However, there's a solution and as with most problems, the solution comes from nature - and not from a chemical company. NASA studies show that having ample plants indoors can detoxify up to 85 percent of indoor air pollution.

Acting like a filter for the air, some plants mop up formaldehyde. Others remove benzene, carbon monoxide, and trichloroethylene.

I think that this articles is very interesting and very useful. We can help prevent harming ourselves by putting plants in our homes.

Source: naturalnews.com

How aerosol pollution interferes with thunderstorm activity

Aerosol is tiny fine particles that are suspended in the air or in liquid. They can either be man-made or natural.

Recent research has revealed that the tiny pollutants can either inhibit thunderstorms or make them stronger depending on wind shear conditions.
Their research strongly suggests that aerosol pollution may be changing local weather patterns, including the amount and rate of rainfall that occurs and the types of storms.
The winds that blow near the surface of the Earth have two beneficial effects: They provide a renewable source of clean energy and they evaporate water, helping rain clouds to build up. But aerosol's particles created from vehicle exhaust and other contaminants can accumulate in the atmosphere and reduce the speed of winds closer to the Earth's surface, which results in less wind power available for wind-turbine electricity and also in reduced precipitation, according to a study by Stanford and NASA researchers.


Source : http://www.naturalnews.com/ and http://www.sciencedaily.com/

Child Labour in India (Term2 ACE) MY perspective

Child Labour

My own perspective

Child labour is very cruel and I do not understand why people in India still use all kinds child labour. Maybe it is because of money or profit which is the most likely reason to me.

I think that child labour should be prohibited in all parts of the world. I know that this is quite nearly impossible but we can start bit by bit from now.

Firstly, I think that the Indian government should step in more in this situation of child labour. From what I have read so far, the Indian government only say and do not mean what they say. When they say something, I think it is only right to enforce it. Next, I do not think the Indian government really want to prohibit child labour in India.

The most likely reason is that without child labour in India, many of the large companies in India using child labour will lose a huge sum of profit and in the long run, India’s economy would most likely go down. I think that overall, the Indian government should step in this matter more. If the Human Rights and the Indian government were to cooperate together with the same aim to prohibit child labour in India, I think most likely in due time, child labour would be abolished.

JOHN LOH

Maybe I will post on how to connect to village by the sea and slumb dog millionairre later.
Although the infomation here is not enough please do your own research by this link or find them yourself and also share your views by commenting and if you have other information to add on please also comment. Thank You.

To view more on child labour, please go to this site :)
http://www.indiatogether.org/

Hello

Its been a long time since I last posted but I will post soon. Recently in LA class we learnt about letter writing. Informal and Formal. The next post will be on LA ACE on the topic Child Labour and on the 3 point perspective on child labour.
Enjoy your Good Friday.
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