This town is known for its high level of diesel emissions where the average emissions are over 90 times higher per square mile compared to the rest of the state. What is its name?
What is West Oakland, California.
100
What corrosive and toxic gas, created from zinc smelting, can scar children’s teeth and etch glass?
What is fluoride gas.
100
The British government falsely attributed the deaths resulting from the London Fog of 1952 to an epidemic of what illness?
What is influenza.
100
Name the source of stressor present in the “Driving in LA” example.
What are cars driving into/around the city.
100
Does the US government generally ascribe to the precautionary principle?
What is unfortunately not.
200
Devra Davis’ hometown and the town that suffered a smog disaster in 1948.
What is Donora, Pennsylvania.
200
What pollutant has been linked to developmental/intellectual disabilities, is stored in teeth and bones, is measured through blood levels, and is particularly harmful for young children and pregnant women?
What is lead.
200
How much were corporations charged for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act?
What is $5000, which, back in 1949 was the cost of roughly 2 small cars.
200
What are 2 upstream human and natural factors present in the Driving in LA example?
What is the geography of LA.
What is the history of automobile and oil companies buying out electric rail systems.
200
Who created the EPA?
Who is Nixon.
Founded in 1970, largely a political move.
300
The town in which workers at a chemical plant experienced male sterilization.
What is Lathrop, California.
300
Which toxins emitted from cars had to be brought down by 90% of their 1970 values in 1975 as the result of an order from the EPA?
What are Hydrocarbons and Carbon Monoxide.
300
Name one proposal made by the EPA that leaders in the auto and oil industries refused to comply with.
What is removal of lead from fuels or development of engines that reduced emissions by 90% below levels allowed in 1970. **
300
What are three prominent stressors present in LA’s air?
What are nitrogen oxides.
What are hydrocarbons.
What is ground level ozone.
300
What percentage of women will develop breast cancer in the course of her lifetime?
What is 1 in 8 or 12%.
400
There was an inversion of air in 1952 in this city which caused residents to use coal fires to keep warm. This led to a huge cloud of pollution or fog and killed many residents. What is this city?
What is London, England. **
400
What is tetraethyl lead more commonly known as in the oil industry?
What is ethyl. **
400
Why did the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee refuse to pass a bill in 1972 requiring a 90% reduction in air pollution from cars?
What was no published research proving that air pollution was bad for public health.
400
Describe the effects/outcomes due to the air pollution generated by the large numbers of people driving in LA.
What are increased instances of asthma, lower respiratory infections, increased rates of cancer, etc.
400
What is/are the primary route(s) of exposure for the following contaminants:
-Lead
-DBCP
-Smog
Lead: ingestion and inhalation
DBCP: inhalation and absorption
Smog: inhalation
500
In December 1969, the pollution in this U.S. city contained enough carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides, and particulates to keep some people indoors. Where is it?
What is Los Angeles, California. **
500
What chemical, if used in high doses, caused the sterility of workers due to exposure from sprayed pesticides?
What is DBCP (dibromochloropropane).
500
Which female researcher was fired from her position at MIT after presenting controversial, groundbreaking research on the connection between brain waves in animals and pollutants in the air?
What is Mary Amdur. **
500
What is the time activity and behavior associated with driving in LA?
What is a culture of driving that exists in LA instead of one of carpooling or using public transportation, the amount of time spent in the car in lots of traffic, and the feeling that cars protect you from outside pollution.
500
Each day there are 58,000 tons of natural gas, fuel, oil, and garbage burned in the LA basin. How many tons of air pollutants does this generate?