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Problems with environmental pollution have become so serious that many countries are trying to solve these problems. Suggest possible solutions and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

#pollution #countries
Over the past century,
human
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 desire to live a comfortable life has led to
technology
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 development,
subsequently
 causing environmental problems. At the moment, almost every part of the world is heavily contaminated
thus
 putting enormous effort into trying to deal with these problems.
This
 paper will attempt to examine the problems that threaten the world and identify the possible ways of dealing with them. Humans pollute the environment through the air,
water
 and land. Yet, the most disturbing form of
these
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this
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 is
water
pollution
.
This
 type of
pollution
 is largely caused by
dumping
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the dumping
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 of industrial and domestic
waste
 on the ocean floor.
This
 is having a major impact on
marine
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the marine
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 environment causing
high
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a high
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 rate of death among
marine
 animals
along with
 irreversible changes
of
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 the
ph-level
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.
As a result
, 100. 000 of
marine
 animals die of
this
 contamination. Another contributing factor
of
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water
pollution
 is the leaking of
the
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sewage
waters
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to
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 almost every body of
water
. It happens
due to
lack
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a lack
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 of proper
waste
 management and
low
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a low
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 level of understanding
what
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 it may cause in the future. The most disturbing effect is the chemical change in
water
 which leads to the reduction of
fresh
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freshwater
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water
 resources all over the world and to spread of bacteria which affects to fish population. One of the most terrible
way
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ways
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 of
water
pollution
 is the spillage of
oil
 during its
transportation
.
This
 occurs
due to
violation
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 of
transportation
 regulations. The
oil
 covers the surface of
water
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the water
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,
it
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which
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 leads to
lack
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a lack
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 of oxygen and sunlight above
this
 cover.
Additionally
,
this
 cover prevents fish from surfacing, even when creatures
would
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try, their lungs will be full of
oil
, which
cause
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causes
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 death. The worst case in Kazakhstan happened
in
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at
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 the beginning of
2000s
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the 2000s
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 when
the
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 boat was transporting a huge amount of
oil
 through the Caspian Sea and the
oil
spilled
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spilt
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to
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a hundred kilometres on the surface and
cause
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caused
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 the death of about 2000
marine
 creatures. Even if the problem looks severe and unchangeable, there are many ways to deal with it.
Firstly
, in every country government should pass strict laws about dumping of industrial and domestic
waste
, the high taxes should be paid by offenders, and
as a result
, companies will find another
way
 to get rid
from
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 the
waste
.
Secondly
,
installation
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the installation
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 of filters for sewage
water
 can be one of the solutions. It will filter the
water
 from the toxic elements and
this
water
 may be used for industrial purposes. These filters will help to create a new source of
water
 and prevent
pollution
 of
water
 bodies.
Thirdly
, to stop
water
pollution
 another
way
 of
oil
transportation
 should be used.
Oil
 may be transported by boats and by using pipeline
way
 of
transportation
, which may be constructed away from the
water
 and
helps
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help
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 to prevent
oil
 spillage. In 2001
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in
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Kazakhstan
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was
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build Caspian Pipeline which connects the Kashagan deposit and the Russian terminal.
This
 technology lowered the effect on the environment and the risk of
oil
 spillage. Nowadays
water
pollution
 affects
to
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almost all creatures on the Earth, but
this
 problem can be solved through confident actions by companies and the government
towards
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.
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