The statement says that pollution is a global responsibility, but first of all, in order to understand the statement and therefore argue the points of view, we must state what can be defined as Pollution. The Oxford dictionary states that to pollute an area is to...

"...Destroy the purity or sanctity of; make foul or filthy; contaminate or defile..."

There are many types of pollution that effect the environment on the universal scale and also on the microcosmic scale of a particular room within a building. I would say that pollution is the destruction or a human caused change to the environment that we live in, from Global Warming to wasting heat energy by leaving the window open.

There are many types of pollution, of which the most common is atmospheric pol-lution. Atmospheric pollution is generally caused by the emissions of substances from mainly industry but also at home. A major cause of atmospheric pollution is the release of gases such as Carbon Dioxide, Methane and Sulphur Dioxide from industry, trans-port and the burning of material.

Industry is also the main cause of the pollution of rivers and oceans, where chemi-cals are dumped into water in the hope they will

I believe that to enforce this responsibility, the nation's government should moni-tor the volume of emissions and ensure that the corporations adhere to international limits set by all countries through an international environmental governing body. This environment body should also ensure that Transnational Corporations do not manipu-late other countries that rely on the income that the company produces. Any corporation that fails to comply with the restrictions should be severely fined.

The ozone forms there by the action of sunlight on oxygen. This action has been taking place for many millions of years, but naturally occurring nitrogen compounds in the atmosphere apparently have kept the ozone concentration at a fairly stable level. Concentrations this great at ground level are dangerous to human health; but because the ozone layer protects life on earth from the full force of the sun's cancer-causing ul-traviolet radiation, it is critically important.

Global warming is a process that ignores national boundaries so it is difficult to determine who is responsible for this rise in temperatures. We should presume that be-cause global warming is caused by the release of greenhouse gases, then everyone is re-sponsible, in some way, for this build up of pollution in the atmosphere. Therefore, we all have the responsibility for reducing the amounts of toxic gases that we produce as a nation. But therefore, surely the government needs to enforce this somehow, and at what levels should the government say are deemed acceptable for the atmosphere.

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But who is responsible for these main atmospheric problems? Industry can be claimed to be responsible because they use CFCs, Carbon Dioxide and other toxic gases in their industrial processes. These industries fail to prevent the release of these harmful gases into the atmosphere. The companies should find a different process of manufacturing so that either none or a nominal amount of greenhouse gases are re-leased into the atmosphere to cause the depletion of the ozone layer. Surely they should be the people to take responsibility and clear up, as it is there mess.

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Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen NOX, Sulphur Dioxide, Shell Shell, United Nations, Ozone Layer, Industrialised Countries, Developed Country, Surely Britain's, Climate Conference, global warming, acid rain, ozone layer, global responsibility, economically developed, carbon dioxide, pollution global responsibility, united nations, prevent pollution, developed countries, pollution global, economically developed countries, economically developed country, cfcs carbon dioxide, environmentally friendly products,
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