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John Tweardy Mrs. Bort English CP   21 April 2010 Acid Rain and Its Effects on our Environment and our Country “Our nation’s capital is under attack by acid rain.” Acid Rain is attacking our national monuments, destroying nature preserves, and destroying people’s lives. __ Acid rain is pollution that has absorbed acidic minerals, like Calcite. When the atmosphere absorbs these minerals it mixes with our clouds. Acid rain kills plants and small animals, larger animals are sometimes ok but still get sick and die. Houses are not built to stop acid rain so when it hits it goes right through people’s houses. Also it infects our water and makes people sick__ (National Geographic). Acid Rain can come in dew, snow, rain, fog, and any type of precipitation. Yes we are in the middle of a war and have no money to help stop acid rain but we could still focus less on the war and more on getting our troops home so we could help our environment (McGee 1). “Washington’s monuments are being dissolved be acid rain” because they are not built out of the right material (McGee 1). Thirty percent of sos2 emissions are from the U.S. Sos2 is an air pollution that is acidic and infects our atmosphere. Washington D.C. is mostly being rebuilt with marble and other no acidic materials (National Geographic). Acid Rain also infects water, like lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, and the ocean. When water gets infected it kills the fish and plants in the water. And if the water is infected people will drink it and get very sick and may die. Unfortunately it will take us over one thousand years to fix the damage done. Nearly every single monument has been affected by acid rain somehow (National Geographic). People’s lives are destroyed by acid rain how; well it damages their house roofs and other parts of their houses. Also it contaminates the water and can probably kill if the person has certain health problems (McGee 1). Fortunately we can cure them if they get sick, but they are not able to do things for a while. “A way to help stop acid rain would be to carpool, bike, and walking.”(Acid Rain Effects through the food chain). The last attempt to stop acid rain was in the 1980s and it was an air pollution act that helped out a lot. Still it was not enough it is still around waiting for enough pollutants to enter the clouds for a little shower that could be very deadly. Nature preserves stand very little chance against acid rain. The acid in the rain just dissolves right through the trees and plants. It is costing the government thousands of dollars to rebuild and clean out these areas. Also small animals are being killed by its effects, large animals are getting sick and some are dyeing (Acid Rain and its Effects on the Food Chain). The problem is that the forest and the animals are defenseless against its effects. The animals that have a chance are the ones who have shelter like bears have caves, birds have nests, and turtles have. Still animals that live in holes still drown sometimes because their hole fills with water. Nature preserves are protected for a reason and there is people aren’t doing anything to help out (Acid Rain Effects through the food chain). If the government decided to focus on getting our troops out of Iraq and how to fix the national debt could help the entire world by stopping acid rain which will help save food, water, people, animals, and plants. Those are all key components to life for us and our future kids and their future kids. Though acid rain is stopping us from planting crops, keeping fresh water, curing diseases, saving animals, and planting plants (United States surveys). Acid Rain is destroying our capital Washington D.C. The monuments in Washington are being dissolved by rain that has acidic properties in it like, calcite. Protected areas like nature preserves are being destroyed by acid rain. Also small animals, plants, and trees are being destroyed by acid rain. People’s lives are ruined because acid rain is destroying their houses and their families. Yes we are in the m iddle of a war and our economy is really trashed but if focused our efforts better we could be done and be focusing on the environment. Acid rain is destroying everything it can touch that is not able to repel it like marble and other minerals.