Problem

Not only human lives are affected by acid rain. Acid rain causes many health problems in plants and animals as well. The acid eats away the protective layers of the leaves, causing the plant to loose its way of protecting its self from disease. Many lakes are sensitive to acid rain because they can not neutralize it. Thus, the lakes become acidic and will not support fish. Acid rain can destroy whole ecosystems after several contaminated rains. "Acid precipitation has killed fish and other aquatic life outright. In Scandinavia, acid precipitation has destroyed fish life in 5,000 lakes in southwestern Sweden and in 1,500 lakes and seven Atlantic salmon rivers in southern Norway."(qtd. in Boyle 14) As with human the intake of acid rain into the lungs and bronichials is very harmful to animals. Acid rain may also increase heavy metals in some fish which could impact human health.

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