inadequate supplies of potable water ; improper waste disposal in rural areas contributes to soil and water pollution ; desertification

: Deforestation, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching ; soil erosion ; coastal marine pollution ; fisheries protection ; solid waste management ; air pollution

poaching threatens wildlife populations ( for example, the Painted Hunting Dog, Lycaon pictus is now considered extinct in the Congo due to human overpopulation and poaching ); water pollution ; deforestation ( chiefly due to land conversion to agriculture by indigenous farmers ); refugees responsible for significant deforestation, soil erosion, and wildlife poaching ; mining of minerals ( coltan — a mineral used in creating capacitors, diamonds, and gold ) causing environmental damage

deforestation ; soil erosion ; water pollution ; contamination of soils from disposal of toxic wastes ;

The loss of soil fertility due to erosion is further problematic because the response is often to apply chemical fertilizers, which leads to further water and soil pollution, rather than to allow the land to regenerate.

Laws dealing with pollution are often media-limited — i. e., pertain only to a single environmental medium, such as air, water ( whether surface water, groundwater or oceans ), soil, etc .— and control both emissions of pollutants into the medium, as well as liability for exceeding permitted emissions and responsibility for cleanup.

Its main purpose is to return the body to soil quickly while minimizing pollution and resource consumption.

Environment-current issues: government water control projects have drained most of the inhabited marsh areas east of An Nasiriyah by drying up or diverting the feeder streams and rivers ; a once sizable population of Shi ' a Muslims, who have inhabited these areas for thousands of years, has been displaced ; furthermore, the destruction of the natural habitat poses serious threats to the area's wildlife populations ; inadequate supplies of potable water ; development of Tigris-Euphrates Rivers system contingent upon agreements with upstream riparian Turkey ; air and water pollution ; soil degradation ( salination ) and erosion ; and desertification.

: Radioactive or toxic chemical sites associated with its former defense industries and test ranges are found throughout the country and pose health risks for humans and animals ; industrial pollution is severe in some cities ; because the two main rivers which flowed into the Aral Sea have been diverted for irrigation, it is drying up and leaving behind a harmful layer of chemical pesticides and natural salts ; these substances are then picked up by the wind and blown into noxious dust storms ; pollution in the Caspian Sea ; soil pollution from overuse of agricultural chemicals and salination from poor infrastructure and wasteful irrigation practices

Water pollution ; many people get their water directly from contaminated streams and wells ; as a result, water-borne diseases are prevalent ; increasing soil salinity from faulty irrigation practices.

air and water pollution because of a lack of waste conversion equipment ; Gulf of Riga and Daugava River heavily polluted ; contamination of soil and groundwater with chemicals and petroleum products at military bases

Current environmental degradation concerns include deforestation, soil erosion, desertification, air pollution in Beirut from vehicular traffic and the burning of industrial wastes, and pollution of coastal watboundary.

Current environmental issues include the fact that the tropical rainforest is subject to deforestation ; soil erosion ; loss of biodiversity and the pollution of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage.

Land degradation / desertification ( soil erosion resulting from farming of marginal areas, overgrazing, destruction of vegetation ); water supplies contaminated by raw sewage ; siltation of reservoirs ; oil pollution of coastal waters

Current issues: water pollution from raw sewage, industrial wastes, and agricultural runoff ; limited natural fresh water resources ; a majority of the population does not have access to potable water ; deforestation ; soil erosion ; desertification.

water pollution from agricultural runoff threatens fishery resources ; deforestation of tropical rain forest ; land degradation and soil erosion threatens siltation of Panama Canal

deforestation ( some the result of illegal logging ); overgrazing of the slopes of the coast and sierra leading to soil erosion ; desertification ; air pollution in Lima ; pollution of rivers and coastal waters from municipal and mining wastes

Even two decades ago in Go Down, Moses Faulkner was looking to the more urban future with a glimmer of hope that through its youth and its new way of life the South might be reborn and the curse of slavery erased from its soil.

Then during washing, the greasy soil rolls back at the edges so that emulsified droplets can disengage themselves from the sorbed oil mass, with the aid of mechanical action, and enter the aqueous phase.

Ironically, the property that they prevent the soil from drying out can also be problematic for commercial agriculture.

Improper irrigation of farm land can wick the sodium, calcium, and magnesium from the soil and water to the surface.

Pollution from toxic chemicals such as DDT is not helping the already poor soil quality in many parts of the country.

* Cultivation of the soil " has within it a positive spiritual good " and from it the cultivator acquires the virtues of " honor, manliness, self-reliance, courage, moral integrity, and hospitality.

Extending from the Gulf northward for about 150 miles ( 240 km ) is the outer belt of the Coastal Plain, also called the Timber Belt, whose soil is sandy and poor, but responds well to fertilization.

It receives its name from its soil ( weathered from the weak underlying limestone ), which is black in colour, almost destitute of sand and loam, and rich in limestone and marl formations, especially adapted to the production of cotton ; hence the region is also called the Cotton Belt.

Dioxins from Agent Orange have persisted in the Vietnamese environment since the war, settling in the soil and sediment and entering into food chain through the animals and fish that feed in the contaminated areas.

* 1945 – The last German troops retreat from Finland's soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War.

The images included Thor's fishing for Jörmungandr, Gefjun's ploughing of Zealand from the soil of Sweden, the attack of Hamdir and Sorli against King Jörmunrekk, and the never-ending battle between Hedin and Högni.

Plants are the fundamental base of nearly all food chains because they use the energy from the sun and nutrients from the soil and atmosphere, converting them into a form that can be consumed and utilized by animals ; this is what ecologists call the first trophic level.

Chemicals from the air, soil, and water in combination with sunlight form the basis of plant metabolism.

Roots anchor it to the ground, gather water and mineral nutrients from the soil, and produce hormones.

The land upon which it stands was created by land reclamation on the Hudson River using 1. 2 million cubic yards ( 917, 000 m < sup > 3 </ sup >) of soil and rocks excavated during the construction of the World Trade Center and certain other construction projects, as well as from sand dredged from New York Harbor off Staten Island.

Vitamins are materials required for normal metabolism but which the body cannot manufacture itself and which must therefore come from soil.

It is grown from seed, sown in spring, and needs fertile, well-drained soil.

Amphibian survival resulted from the clade's ability to seek shelter in water or to build burrows in sediments, soil, wood, or beneath rocks.

Humanure is different from night soil, which is raw human waste spread on crops.

soil degradation and erosion results from crop cultivation on slopes without proper terracing ; deforestation

In Portugal, the industrial biotechnology company Biotrend is producing natural all-trans-β-carotene from a non genetically modified bacteria of the Sphingomonas genus isolated from soil.

These airborne soil particles are often contaminated with toxic chemicals such as pesticides or petroleum fuels, posing ecological and public health hazards when they later land, or are inhaled / ingested.

Treated pine that was traditionally treated using chromated copper arsenate or CCA, a toxic chemical mix for preserving timber that may leach chemicals into the soil which in turn can be drawn up into the plants, a concern for vegetable growers, where part or all of the plant is eaten.

Poorly designed irrigation networks led to massive runoff, which increased soil salinity and carried toxic agricultural chemicals downstream to other fields, the Aral Sea, and populated areas of the region.

Hence, fungi have the potential to remove such pollutants from the soil environment, unless the chemicals prove toxic to the fungus.

Sunflowers can be used in phytoremediation to extract toxic ingredients from soil, such as lead, arsenic and uranium.

In one part of Whitney Pier, residents of Frederick St. discovered contamination within several homes and in surrounding soil, including a toxic orange substance oozing into local basements.

Repeated application of copper sulfate or copper hydroxide as a fungicide may eventually result in copper accumulation to toxic levels in soil, and admonitions to avoid excessive accumulations of copper in soil appear in various organic standards and elsewhere.

There have been several local releases of toxic chemicals that have resulted in soil contamination and aquifer contamination.

The company's owners had paid $ 3 million towards the cleanup of soil and water at the site polluted with arsenic and other toxic materials, though the United States Environmental Protection Agency has spent more than $ 120 million to remediate the Superfund site.

In 1982 tubewells in the vicinity of the UCC factory had to be abandoned and testes in 1989 about to UCC's laboratory revealed that soil and water samples collected from near the factory and inside the plant were toxic to fish.

Studies made by Greenpeace and others from soil, groundwater, wellwater and vegetables from the residential areas around UCIL and from the UCIL factory area show contamination with a range of toxic heavy metals and chemical compounds.

UCC's laboratory tests in 1989 revealed that soil and water samples collected from near the factory were toxic to fish.

The use of toxic chemicals and petrol in the processing of rattan affects soil, air and water resources, and also ultimately people's health.

The region is noted for the high level of manganese that is in the soil, which can be toxic to grape vines in high levels.

From at least 1921-1971, the Centredale Manor area of North Providence was contaminated by textile, chemical, and drum recycling industries that discarded toxic liquids and wastes into the surrounding soil and river ( EPA 1999 ).

The agency documented high levels of toxic chemicals like dioxin, VOCs, and PCBs in fish as well as soil from the area.

Moreover, the eventual disappearance of the offending factory itself and the physical exportation of the toxic substances and polluted soil enabled the community to feel cleansed.

Boletus edulis is known to be able to tolerate and even thrive on soil that is contaminated with toxic heavy metals, such as soil that might be found near metal smelters.

Mycofiltration is a similar process, using fungal mycelia to filter toxic waste and microorganisms from water in soil.