[General] I have to write a report on one of my classes. Could you please check my report.

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[FONT=&quot] I have done what I can with it. It was difficult having to cut and paste it from your Word document so the formatting has gone a little strange. I have no technical knowledge of the subject so have left anything like that alone.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In future, if you could post such things in small sections, it would be easier for us to check. Thanks.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Here is what I have amended:
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[FONT=&quot]NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION – IT’S ALL AROUND US. REPORT.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]A. Visit three agricultural or urban / construction sites and answer each of the following questions for each site in a short report.[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]1. What diffuse pollutants did you observe? List as many as you can. Are there possibly other diffuse pollutants that you cannot see? If so, list them.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2. What is the probable cause/source of each pollutant you observed or suspect is present?[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I decided to analyze agricultural and urban sites in Russia, [/FONT][STRIKE]as[/STRIKE][FONT=&quot] my home country. [/FONT]
[STRIKE]This is[/STRIKE] First, I visited a[FONT=&quot] wheat field. I think here we can observe diffuse pollutants [/FONT][STRIKE]like[/STRIKE] such as[FONT=&quot]: [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]- [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Insecticides (DDT may be used, the soil has already [/FONT][STRIKE]has[/STRIKE][FONT=&quot] absorbed [/FONT][STRIKE]a lots of[/STRIKE] many[FONT=&quot] toxic chemicals such as Aluminium, arsenic, chlorine etc.). Birds, rodents and other wildlife could be poisoned. To reduce this pollution, [/FONT][STRIKE]they could use[/STRIKE][FONT=&quot] biological insecticides could be used. (Wikipedia, Insecticide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]- [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Fertilizers (nitrates accumulation in groundwater, soil acidification, heavy metal (cadmium, uranium) accumulation). To avoid or minimize this effect we [/FONT][STRIKE]may[/STRIKE] could[FONT=&quot] use eco-friendly fertilizers.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]- [/FONT][FONT=&quot]herbicides[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]- [/FONT][FONT=&quot]oil, grease drops and tire (tyre in BrE) [/FONT][STRIKE]crumb[/STRIKE][FONT=&quot]dust from grain harvester combines (combine harvesters) and tractors.
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[FONT=&quot]This is one of the busiest streets [/FONT][STRIKE]of[/STRIKE] in[FONT=&quot] Kazan. [/FONT][STRIKE]What pollutants I can observe: [/STRIKE] I observed the following pollutants:

[FONT=&quot]- [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Automobile oil, grease, gas, tire [/FONT][STRIKE]crumbs[/STRIKE] dust[FONT=&quot] on the asphalt. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]- [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Toxic car emissions: Carbon dioxide, monoxide, lead (plumbum), nitrogen oxides, unburned fuel, sulfur dioxide, benzene, toluene, xylene, 1,3-butadiene, acetaldehyde, and formaldehyde.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]- [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lawn fertilizers [/FONT][STRIKE]for lawn[/STRIKE][FONT=&quot]. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]- [/FONT][FONT=&quot]After rain, all this matter is washed [/FONT][STRIKE]off[/STRIKE] away[FONT=&quot] and settles in the creek. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]- [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Air conditioner gas (Air conditioner Freon rises into the sky and destroys the ozone layer). [/FONT]
[STRIKE]This is[/STRIKE] I then visited a[FONT=&quot] lake called “Deep Lake”, located not far from downtown [/FONT][STRIKE]of[/STRIKE][FONT=&quot] Kazan.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]3. Briefly discuss, based on your on-site observations, what is "being done" or "should be done" to minimize the problems you observed.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]B. Many of you are in programs or are doing research related to diffuse pollution. Please describe in a paragraph why diffuse pollution control is related to work you are currently doing or plan to do after you graduate.[/FONT]
 
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