Pollution and Island of Civilization

            The increasing rate of pollution has been a crucial topic discussed throughout the last decades. The types of pollution experienced by society ranges from air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, and radio-active pollution; all of which takes a heavy effect on humans, wild life, and the planet Earth. With the advancement of technology and the lack of human intervention the amount of pollution increases each year. The number of areas affected by pollution causes this environmental issue to be a problem that should be addressed by Nash’s Island of Civilization. If this problem goes unnoticed the end product can lead to negative effect on health, contamination of natural resources, and depletion of life on Earth.

            A present epidemic with pollution right now is the pollution being present in Chicago, Knoxville, Tenn., and Charlotte, N.C. These states are undergoing problems with the pollution from neighboring states by strong winds. These winds are contaminated with elements that have negative effects on human health that could lead to premature deaths. Recent happenings have managed to grasp the attention of the Environmental Protection Agency and convinced action plans come into effect. EPA have developed an act called the good neighbor rule that causes states like Texas, Mississippi, Florida and Kansas to keep a restriction on the amount of pollution produced by factories within the state.

Pollution develops when people are lack understanding of the effects of pollution and care for the environment. The most influential factor that plays a huge role in the amount of pollution is humans. Humans possess the powers of promoting pollution or bring it to a complete halt. The Island of Civilization was a solution produced by Nash that was formed to aid in the numerous problems experienced by the problems in the world today. This environmental issue should be address because it branches off into different categories that affect different aspects in the world.

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