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Power Point Pollution2
Power Point Pollution2
OBrien
Kaye
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ECE
Pollution
Solid
Waste
Air
Pollution
What does it look like?
IndustryWater pollution
Solid Waste
Pollution
What
happene
d to the
clean air?
Stop
polluting
the air!
Leave us
alone!
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How
Why
A cloud of smoke
Increasing traffic
from the exhaust of
a vehicle
Smoke from a
factory chimney
Growing cities
Eruption of a
volcano
Rapid economic
development
Cigarette smoke
Industrialization
Burning leaves
Apathetic people
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Health problems
Damage to the environment
Damage to property
Thinning of the protective
ozone layer of the atmosphere
which is leading to climate changes
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Water Pollution
Ouch!What
happened to
my home?!
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Water Pollution
How
Toxic substances
dissolve in water or
gets deposited on the
bed.
Toxic substances enter
lakes, rivers, streams,
etc.
Pollutants go down into
the ground.
Sources
City sewage
Industrial waste
Agricultural run-off
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What happened
to my home?
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Clean
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Solid Waste
Types of waste
Household waste
Industrial waste
Biomedical or hospital
waste
Why
Population increases
Increased plastics
products
Changes in lifestyle
Landfills not well
equipped to protect
against contamination
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http://www.epa.gov/superfund/kids/story/page-8.htm
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Bad
Pollution
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27%
16%
GoodQuality
ModerateQuality
SeriousProblems
21%
36%
InsufficentData
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14000
12000
10000
Each
8000
BomberBatteries
6000
ExideBatteries
4000
2000
0
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Bomber
Batteries
Tires
1,127
Exide
Batteries
Tires
Solid Waste
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88,734
Inert
Glass,Amber
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18
11
47 1,961
Glass,Flint18
Glass,Green2
Glass,Mixed
Metals
Solid Waste
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300,000 265,526
250,000
191,930
200,000
117,870
Pounds 150,000
100,000
50,000
60,963
7,770
Newspaper
Magazines
Telephonebooks
Co-Mixed
Officepaper
Solid Waste
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Water Solutions
Keep lakes clean
Take your used motor oil to a drop off place
Use latex paint instead of oil and rinse your brushes
in the sink rather than the yard
Fill a spray bottle with soapy water instead of bug spray
Plant trees to prevent soil erosion
Keep litter, pet waste, leaves, and grass clippings out
of gutters and storm drains.
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What can
we do?
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Air Pollution
Solutions
Encourage your family
to walk more
Take the school bus
Reduce the amount of
spray bottles
Do not burn leaves in
your yard- put them in
a compost
Frankly, my
dear, what can
we do about
it?
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Solid Waste
Solutions
Reduce
Recycle
Reuse
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