Subject: environmental issues. Pollutants can harm ecosystem function and may also harm human health.You will write an APA-style research paper about pollutants, their impacts, and mitigation of harmful effects. Include the following:•Select 1 example of an environmental pollutant from the following list:•Acid precipitation/ Acid rain•Smog•DDT pesticide use•Eutrophication•Answer the following questions about the pollution problem that you chose:•Describe the pollutant chosen and the source of the pollutants. Include both natural and human sources, as applicable. •Is this a point-source pollutant or nonpoint-source pollutant? Explain. •What are the harmful impacts of the pollution? •Describe impacts to both humans and to ecosystem structure and function. •What steps are in place to eliminate the pollutant or to mitigate harm from the pollutant? •Describe examples of laws or regulations that apply to the pollution and its sources. •Also, describe educational programs, technology, or other initiatives that are used to help control the pollution.•Have the programs, best management practices, or regulations been effective in resolving harm from the pollutant? •Give examples of progress, or explain with examples what more could be done.
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Eutrophication
Eutrophication is the process where freshwater and coastal marine ecosystem experience excessive growth of algae and plants as a result of increased loading of nutrients such as fertilizers, sun light and carbon dioxide. Studies have shown that eutrophication is one of the factors that causes impairment of most coastal marine and freshwater ecosystem globally. Eutrophication has been known to come about naturally over centuries(Wilson, et al., 2006). Nonetheless, anthropogenic activities has been known to accelerate the extent and rate of eutrophication in coastal marine and freshwater ecosystem through point sources and non-point sources of nutrients such asphosphorus and nitrogen. Anthropogenic activities known to accelerate eutrophication include agriculture, sewage and industrial disposal into the water ways that leads into the water body. Industrial and sewage disposal is a point loading of nutrients into the water body. It is referred to point source because the pollutants originate from a single point source. In the other hand, agricultural activities that leads to increased loading of nutrients into the water body are known as non-point source because pollutants or nutrients reaching water body could not be traced to specific farm.
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