Brainstorming on causes and effects of pollution EFFECTS Introduction Body 1: Topic Example 1: Example 2: Body 2 Example 1: Example 2: Body 3 Example 1: Example 2: Conclusion What kind of pollution? Air, water, soil/land, environmental, food, noise, light, automobile Pollution 1. air 2. water 3. land STEP 1 (brainstorm, don’t think about organization, but answer as many wh-word questions as you can to fill in that box.) illness damage to the environment greenhouse effect endangered species changing ecosystem less oxygen lung cancer food and water poisoning more carbon monoxide smog calamity (flood because of the soil erosion, icebergs melting) lack of clean air skin cancer food shortage (how? Why? What effects?) DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT (greenhouse effect, smog, calamity, flooding, changing ecosystem) 1. air (smog, Chile, can’t even see across the city) 2. water (contamination) 3. food (contamination) 4. weather systems (flooding, greenhouse effect) DISEASE (lung/skin cancer, asthma, allergies, radiation poisoning) EFFECT ON LIFESTYLE/QUALITY OF LIFE (We have to be careful about what we eat, where we go, etc.., social life, misery/suffering, masks on faces)