Air Pollution
This established strict air quality standards, set limits on several major pollutants, and mandated the reduction of autos and factory emissions.
What is Clean Air Act of 1970?
This damages the nervous system, blood and kidneys.
What is lead?
What is sick building syndrome?
This is a disinfectant that controls bacteria.
What is chlorine?
This Federal Legislation governs water pollution.
What is the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act?
A combination of smoke and fog is _________________.
What is smog?
Sunlight reacts with waste gases to form_______________.
What is ozone?
Second hand smoke is caused by this.
What is tobacco smoke?
These are inorganic chemicals.
What is metals, asbestos, cyanide?
This agency set standards for local drinking water systems.
What is the EPA?
These are the six common air pollutants that harm our health and environment.
What is particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, ozone and lead?
In 1993, the EPA acted on these eight hazards.
What is asbestos, mercury, beryllium, benzene, vinyl, choloride, arsenic, radionuclides and coke oven emissions?
This source of indoor air quality is can be caused when cooking.
What is wood burning stoves, fireplaces or gas ranges?
These are organic chemicals.
What is herbicides, pesticides, and PCBs?
This is the well-defined location that discharges pollutants into lakes and rivers.
What is Point Source Pollution?
This is the main source of pollutants that are caused by motor vehicle exhaust, off-road equipment and power plant emissions.
What is nitrogen oxide?
This controls air pollution on smokestacks
What is putting scrubbers on power plants?
This agency regulates formaldehyde and enforces emissions limits.
What is the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development?
These are microorganisms.
What is bacteria, viruses, and cryptosporidium?
This covers 71% of the earth's surface.
What is water?
Burning of fossil fuels, (coals) in electrical power plants helps create ___________________.
What is sulfurous smog?
This damages forests, crops, turns lakes and rivers acidic and kills fish and plants.
What is acid rain?
This indicates the presence of suspended particles or a failure of a filtration system.
What is turbidity?
Water shortages exist in these southern and western states of the United States.
What is the Texas, New Mexico and California?