Toxins
Pollutants
Vocab
Impact
Reduction
100

A toxin that affects neuro tissues is called:

What is a Neurotoxin?

100

This pollutant is released from fossil fuel / biomass combustion and volcanoes, plus is measured in micrometers.

What is Particulate Matter (PM)?

100

a term meaning caused by humans

What is anthropogenic?

100

These types of pollutants can accumulate inside buildings due to poor ventilation and cause a range of health issues.

What are indoor air pollutants?

100

This law sets air pollution limits in the US.

What is the Clean Air Act?

200

Childhood exposure to this heavy metal neurotoxin causes damage to the central nervous system and can lead to developmental issues.

What is lead?

200
NO2, VOCs, O2, and sunlight create this phenomenon.

What is photochemical smog?

200

a meteorological phenomenon that develops when cool air is trapped at the ground under a layer of warm air

What is a temperature inversion?

200

This type of pollution leads to acidification and degradation of building materials and both aquatic and terrestrial habitats. 

What is acid rain?

200

Vapor recovery fuel nozzles reduce this pollutant.

What are VOCs?

300

This carcinogen is has great insulating properties and can be found in old houses

What is Asbestos?

300

A lightning strike can create these pollutants.

What is NOor O3?

300

This term explains why urban areas tend to have higher surface & air temperature than surrounding suburban and rural areas

What is Urban Heat Island Effect?

300

Pollutants impact the economy by:

What is increasing health care, infrastructure repairs, etc, etc.

300

This system in cars reduces NOx, CO, and hydrocarbons using a honeycomb device.

What is a catalytic converter?

400

This VOC is produced mostly from furniture material decay.

What is formaldehyde?

400

In this layer of the atmosphere is Ozone (O3) harmful.

What is the troposphere?

400

A primary pollutant that has undergone a transformation in the presence of sunlight, water, oxygen, or other compounds. 

What is a secondary pollutant?

400

these are the six air pollutants that cause significant enough health issues that the EPA has set acceptable limits for, monitors, and enforces. 

What is SO2, NOx, CO, PM, Lead, and O3?

400

These air pollution control devices use calcium-based solutions to knock SO2 and NO2 out of exhaust.

What are wet and dry scrubbers?

500

This leaks into homes from hard rock and is the second leading cause of lung cancer.

What is Radon?
500

This pollutant comes from incomplete combustion, volcanoes, and fires; it is also an asphyxiant.

What is Carbon Monoxide (CO)?

500
This is a type of VOC that contains carbon-hydrogen bonds and can be found in substances such as gasoline and lighter fluid. 

What are hydrocarbons?

500

Disrupted migration patterns and hunting abilities, are an effect of this pollutant

What is noise pollution?

500

Coal power plants use this to ionize PMs and remove pollutants

What is an electrostatic precipitator?

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