January 17

Air Pollution Hurts

Shanghai Puxi Skyline

foggy air pollution

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Imagine This You’re walking to school in China and there’s just smoke everywhere and you actually have to wear a mask to school so you don’t breath in the bad air,you can’t even see anything theres so much air pollution. Disgusting. In fact, about 2 million people die of air pollution a year! We need to stop air pollution. Air pollution is bad for your health, it damages our property, and causes acid rain.

 

people in china wearing masks, so they dont breath in the air pollution.

people in china wearing masks, so they dont breath in the air pollution.

Air pollution is bad for your health and can  even give you diseases. Air pollution can make you sick. It causes cancer and EVEN death. About two million people die from air pollution each year and in fact in 2012,  seven million died from air pollution! If you are around air pollution it will make your nose and eyes burn. Air pollution makes it hard to breath and that’s why people in China often wear masks. China is the most unhealthy country in the world and makes the most air pollution after the United States which is second.

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Air pollution causes acid rain. Acid rain is caused when the  chemical reaction happens between sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides meet and these 2 chemicals are in air pollution. Acid rain makes it hard to breath and causes health issues. If you breath in acid rain/drink/eat it can cause permanent lung damage. Acid rain is actually what causes to damage a lot of our properties.

 

Air pollution damages are community including plants, buildings,and animals. Air pollution damages buildings and how is because of the acid rain that air pollution creates and you will learn more about that later.  Air pollution also damages rivers and lakes. Air pollution also kills animals. It also damages crops,plants,etc.

 

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But, still without factories theres a lot of things we couldn’t make or without the cars that cause air pollution we wouldn’t have a very good way of transportation. But yet if we don’t end air pollution soon it could destroy our earth! Air pollution causes health issues, destroys are property, causes acid rain, and will kill our earth!

January 17

Too much time online hurts kids

How much time do you spend outside?  kids need to stop going online and spend a day outside for a change.Well if you do then you should stop going online that much. Most kids spend about 10 hours a day online to play video games! Kids spend too much time online. It is important for kids to spend time with their family and friends, kids need exercise, and kids injure themselves when they lose games.

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Children at school

Kids that are addicted to computer games

Kids need to spend some time with their family and friends. Kids ages 8 – 18 spend about 75 hours and 15 minutes every week going online and that is bad because kids are choosing to play on their computer instead of playing with their family and friends.  Kids need to spend more time with their friends and their family.

Kids also need exercise. British kids spend less than 30 minutes outside a week! In fact 37% out of 1,000 parents have never taken their kids looking for wildlife, which means they have never taken their kids hiking, biking, or camping.

 

Some kids even  injure themselves whenever they lose video games. According to the China news 1,600 non violent video gaming kids were 2.4 more times likely to have self-injured themselves over the past 3 months. Violent video game players were 5 times as likely. Losing video games can also lead to depression or can also lead to family problems.

So stop going online that much if you want to live a longer, healthier, and happier life. So be more active and try not to be one of the 23% of kids who say they are addicted to video games. It’s not healthy for you sitting in front of a screen half of the day. You will miss fun activities with your family and friends, so don’t get addicted to video games! Video games online sure can be fun, but limit your time when online.