Having grown up in Mumbai, Vivek is well aware of the effects of pollution.
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The Lib Dem councillor for Churn Valley, Paul Hodgkinson, said residents living near Birdlip were "very concerned" about the effects of pollution.
And he has also shown that it might be a good sign a so-called bioindicator of the effects of pollution near a suspected environmental hazard.
In 2007 the BBC visited the small hamlet of Shangba in southern China where one scientist was studying the cause and effects of pollution on the village.
If the situation does not allow for glib, black-and-white analyses, however, there is little disagreement -- even from Beijing itself -- that China is not only responsible for significant levels of pollution, but also suffers very significantly from the effects of that pollution.
The results contrast with other studies, which have found adverse effects of light pollution on wildlife.
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The effects of nutrient pollution are increasingly apparent throughout the Mississippi River basin.
These were chosen to minimise the confusing effects of background pollution that might be found in more densely populated and highly industrialised areas.
If you go out into, say, our military and intelligence communities, they understand and are planning for the effects of carbon pollution on climate change.
To mitigate the effects of such pollution, Mandel used to drag his gear, including a 30-pound telescope, 75-pound mount and two 20-pound marine batteries, to remote desert or mountain locations.
Anyone viewing the smoggy images of major Chinese cities recently would certainly think otherwise with Chinese entrepreneurs selling cans of fresh air to ease the effects of air pollution.
Janice Nolen, national policy adviser at the American Lung Association, says that rather than dealing with the harmful effects of air pollution, the focus should be on tackling the problem at source.
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said even though air quality in the UK is "generally good, more needs to be done, especially in the cities, to reduce the harmful effects of air pollution".
On the other hand, might the cause be the effects of the industrial pollution from Mestre, or the vodka drunk before boarding the boat?
Never especially blessed with water, in recent years China has seen its supplies fall to dangerously low levels as it faces drought, rising demand and the combined effects of decades of pollution and misguided policies.
Moreover, the goals of reducing pollution and mitigating the effects of climate change sometimes conflict.
In March, Arne Ljungqvist, chairman of the IOC's medical commission, said the effects of Beijing's air pollution problems should not be overstated.
The number of hours spent daily, as well as the detrimental health effects of wood burning and indoor pollution -- such as eye and respiratory ailments -- risk contributing to the persistence of the area's poverty.
Unless action is taken now, the consequences of our activities are at a high risk of causing, through the combined effects of climate change, overexploitation, pollution and habitat loss, the next globally significant extinction event in the ocean.
The CPI also ignores the direct cost of property taxes--sure to go up as states and cities bail out underfunded pension plans--and subtracts the "hedonic" effects of regulations that increase quality of life, such as the added expense of pollution-reducing gasoline additives.
Scientists have known for a long time that aerosols cool climate by reflecting sunlight and making clouds brighter, but the new study is the first to use a global model to estimate the net effects on plant carbon intake resulting from this type of atmospheric pollution.
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