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PEHM - Fourth Grading
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- 1PHILIPPINESThis country faces its problems with morbidity and mortality
- 2Anti-rabies Act of 2007Approved my the senate last May 25, 2008
Authored by Senator Pia Cayetano - 3TOP ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE PHILIPPINESOverpopulation
Overfishing & Destructive Fishing
Coastal Infrastructure Development
Deforestation
Pollution - 4COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTParticularly damaging to the Philippines' marine environment
- 5DEFORESTATIONCausing severe soil erosion
Threatens the country's rich biodiversity - 6POLLUTIONOnly about 10% of the sewage in the Philippines is treated or disposed of in an environmentally sound manner
- 7AIR POLLUTIONA contamination of the atmosphere
Disturbs the natural composition and chemistry of air - 8SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTIONVehicle exhaust
Forest fires, volcanic eruptions
Building construction or demolition - 9EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTIONSmog increases
Higher rain acidity
Crop depletion
Higher rates of asthma
Global warming - 10WATER POLLUTIONA contamination whether from chemical, particulate, or bacterial matter that degrades the water's quality and purity
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