Air Diseases
Common virus that is a result of breathing in air from infected people
Inflenza
Regulates international trade in endangered species
CITIES
Law that gives the FDA authority to regulate the way foods are grown, harvested and processed
Food Safety Modernization Act
regulates air, water and noise pollution
EPA
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to take measures to prevent the entry and spread of communicable diseases
Public Health Service Act
Virus spread through the air by humans and animals, from coughing and sneezing, causing fever and difficulty to breathe.
SARS
Phases out use and production of CFC's
Montreal Protocol
Regulates and inspects the quality of meats, assuring freshness
Meat Inspection Act
Manages water quality in the U.S
Bureau of Reclamation
Sets air quality standards in the U.S
Clean Air Act of 1963
An airborne infectious viral disease causing fever and a red rash on the skin
Measles
Prevents disposal in developing countries of hazardous wastes produced in developed countries.
Basel Convention
Protects consumers from bad food and drug products
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Contains the U.S Forestry Service, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Regulates the amount of mercury used in power plants, lowering risk of exposure
The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
Highly contagious respiratory tract infection that causes loud and hacking coughs
Whooping Cough
Commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Kyoto Protocol
Protects people from dangerous and persistent pesticides
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act of 1947
Regulates surface mining and coal deposits, preventing excess runoff into water
Office of Surface Mining
Pollution should be prevented or reduced at the source wherever feasible, while pollution that cannot be prevented should be recycled in an environmentally safe manner.
Federal Pollution Prevention Act
Mumps
Controls ocean pollution, and prohibits dumping of high level wastes and metals
London Dumping Convention
Sets standards and regulates public drinking water
Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974
Regulates fossil fuel use, nuclear energy and waste, and the use of renewable energy.
Department of Energy
Regulates the discharge of pollutants from point sources, such as CAFOS, into U.S waters
NPDES permitting program