Book Review 2-10 Pollution

There are many things that called pollution all over the world. These problems are sometime taken up a subject for discussion in whole world.

Coal pollutes the air when we use it too much. Many people, trees, and animals died because of polluted air. And oil is also a one of the dangerous a cause of air pollution. And the oil producers started putting lead in gases many years ago because lead made it burn better. But, lead is poison. We breathe it through food or water and it stays inside solely but surely poisoning us.

Acid rain is a great problem in many countries in the north. Ordinary, rain is a little acid, too. The cause is to use coals and oils too much. The wind carries the gases with into the sky. There they come together with water in the air and make acid rain, acid bug, and acid snow. Acid rain is bad for buildings, too. The acid eats into the stone.

In developing country, they have to walk so long way to get the water. All over world, billions of people use rivers for washing, for drinking to carry away their waste. And also farmers use chemicals on fruits and vegetables. And some of these chemicals are very poisonous.

In addition to this, there is also some pollution all over the world. We don’t feel so much that the environmental is bad condition. Because, I think our country is rich and have favorable environment. At the same time, many people afflicted with pollution in developing country. Not only developing country, but also living things like animals or fish are afflicted with it. The burden of the pollution always downs on the socially disadvantaged.

Our prefecture, Kumamoto once had had very terrible environmental problem called “Minimata mercury disease”. In the 1950, people died not fully understand the dangers of toxic waste. A factory dumped their waste into the sea. This waste contained very poisonous metal called mercury. This poison was into the food chain. Many people ate fish polluted by mercury and accumulate it into their bodies. Thousands died from mercury poisoning and thousands people never walked and never talked again.

We have to invent any things or live with thinking about the environment. If we don’t do it, we will choke our neck by ourselves. ( 393 words)