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All in all, the effects of pollutants over the environment may be immediate or delayed.
Primary effects of pollution occur immediately after contamination occurs, such as the death of
marine plants and wildlife after an oil spill at sea. Secondary effects may be delayed or may
persist in the environment into the future. For instance, birds eat grains that have been
contaminated by pesticides. The more they eat of that grain, the more they accumulate poison in
their body. Birds with high concentration of pesticide lay thin-shelled eggs that fail to hatch or
produce deformed offspring, such as the bald eagle and peregrine falcon, species now in danger.
The same cycle is to be found in us. The more we are indifferent to our natural
environment, the more the environment get polluted, the greatest our sins for not doing anything!
We have all a part to play in the protection of the Earth. We are all involved because Allah
Ta’alah has chosen human beings to be watchers over the Earth!
Muslims should feel obligated to mind these warnings and do things at their own levels, with
their own means. And protecting the environment begins by protection oneself, doesn’t it?
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ECOLOGICAL CYCLES:
WATER Cycle
Water rises high into the sky. Water is
almost invisible (vapor). Only 10% of sea
water goes inland.
Water Evaporates :
90% from sea; returns directly to sea.
Water is released from plant leaves: 20%
from evapo-respiration
Water vapor forms clouds: inland, clouds
are formed from 20% evapo-respiration and
10% from non-salty sea water. Total: 30%.
Plant roots absorb water. Part of this water
infiltrate underground.
Water falls as rain from
clouds (precipitation), returns from sea to
sea: 90%; 10% from runoff (land).
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