Environmental Justice
embraces the principle that all people are communities have a right to equal protection and equal enforcement of environmental laws
What is Environmental Justice?
describes the conditions outside right now in a specific place
What is the weather?
contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any chemical, physical, or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere
What is air pollution?
unwanted or disturbing sound
What is noise pollution?
River in Seattle that is heavily contaminated. Also know as a superfund site
What is the Duwamish River?
This is determined by observing a region's weather over a period of many years- generally 30 years
What is Climate?
Was passed to protect the quality of the air we breathe
What is the Clean Air Act?
what are decibels?
What is the 1982 Warren County Protest?
temperature that we must not exceed
What is 1.5-degree Celsius?
The term for a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air
What is Particulate Matter?
What is the Noise Control Act (1972)?
your _____ is the most potent predictor of an individual's health and well being
gases in earth's atmosphere that trap heat
What are greenhouse gases?
Inhalable particles with diameters that are 2.5 micrometers and smaller
What is PM2.5 (particulate matter 2.5) ?
Airport communities are associated with _______
What is higher health concerns?
freeway that was going to be built in 1960's but was stopped by community members
What is the R.H Thomson Interchange?
impacts caused by climate change (name 2)
What is extreme weather events, extreme heat/cold, sea level rises, more wildfires, food insecurity, displacement?
Air pollution impacts are (name 2)
what is
-reduced lung function
-asthma
-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
-heart attack
-strokes
-premature death
-cancer
Noise pollution impacts are (name 2)
What is
1) heart disease & increase hospitalization
2)sleep disturbance
3)Stress &/or annoyance
4)increased diabetes risk
5)impaired learning & Concentration