ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Solid, liquid and gas contaminants from various sources and of different amounts and in difterent periods of time are mixed up the soil, water and atmosphere and give harm to people. This is called pollution. Apart from air pollution, waTER pollution and soil pollution, there are noise pollution, radioactive pollution and visual pollution. Besides, the pollution results from the computers that become a part of every day life has also threatened our health Therefore we should not use them very often and leave them on stand by mode. We should not print every pages or texts. The noise pollution which results from transportation vehicles, entertainment equipments has permanent or temporary effects on people. It has bad effect son nevre system, blood circulation and muscle system. Air pollution which results from heating, motor vehicles and industry has increased respiratory diseases. The air we inhale affects the lungs and alveoles, sulphur dioxide (SO2) gives damages to the respiration system and hurts it, carbon monoxide prevents oxygen transmission by combining the hemoglobin in the blood and lead is accumulated in blood and urine and affects the development of blood cells. Also the sulphur dioxide damages plants and forests. People can do something about the pollution. They may choose public transportation, walk for short distances, use unleaded petrol, stop the cars when they wait for a long period, preter glass materials instead of plastic ones. People also pollute natural water sources such as seas and rivers. Tankers full of petrol dump petrol into the sea as a result of a sea accident and factories dump their waste into the rivers.
Issues
Conservation of biodiversity
"Turkey has a remarkable diversity of wildlife, due to its wide variety of habitats and unique position between three continents and three seas. Ill-considered development projects are threatening biodiversity, but a new wildlife corridor offers hope for further conservation progress." Turkish montane forests face major threats to their genetic diversity associated with over-exploitation, forest fragmentation, air pollution and global climatic change.
Air pollution
Air pollution is particularly significant in urban areas; the problem is especially acute in Istanbul, Ankara, Erzurum, and Bursa, where the combustion of heating fuels increases particulate density in winter. Especially in Istanbul, increased car ownership causes frequent urban smog conditions. "Air pollution in urban centres, often caused by transport and the use of small-scale burning of wood or coal, is linked to a range of health problems." "PM10 levels are 36.7 micrograms per cubic meter, much higher than the OECD average of 20.9 micrograms per cubic meter and the annual guideline limit of 20 micrograms per cubic meter set by the World Health Organization." Although there is some monitoring of air pollution, compared with other European countries many air pollution indicators are not available.Greenpeace Mediterranean claim that that the Afşin-Elbistan coal-fired plant is the power plant with the highest health risk in Europe, followed by the Soma coal-fired power plant, also from Turkey.
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