Cuyahoga River
What would happen if you fell in the water?
You would have to immediately go to the hospital.
Did the fires end up killing people yes or no?
Yes
Clean
1972 Clean ___ Act
Water
How any tons of pollutants are dumped into global waters each year?
500 million tons
How big were the dead rats that sometimes floated by in the river?
According to Donovan as big as dogs.
How much money was put into most of these fires from the damages?
A) Millions
B) Billions
C) Hundreds of thousands
What happened in the 1200s reduce air pollution?
King Edward I threatened people with harsh penalties if they burned coal to heat their homes.
What percentage of industrial and municipal facilities dump pollution into waterways?
62%
70%
What year and day did the river catch on fire?
June 22 1969
In the 1969 fire on June 22nd did they get a photo of it as it burned on the river?
No they did not end up getting the picture because the fire was so small and short lived.
Factories began using large amounts of ____ to power machinery worsening the air quality.
Coal
What percentage of American ponds, rivers, and lakes were unsafe for swimming and fishing?
40%
How many people are forced to rely on polluted water supplies?
300 million people
How much money put in to fix the damages?
$50,000
What was the reason for the fires?
The river was extremely polluted having large oil slicks as the result of the factories.
Pollution in the air from factories and fire places killed at least ____ people.
4,000 people
How many gallons of oil were dumped into the sea off Alaska?
11 million gallons of oil
Every ____ somewhere on the planet a child dies from water-related diseases.
15 seconds
The river was a symbol of what?
Calamity
How many fires have we had on the river?
We don't know the exact number but we know it happened at least 9 times.
In 1948 how many people got sick from the pollution?
7,000
How many birds were killed because of the oil spill in Alaska?
Hundreds of thousands
How many people died from the deadly smog that happened in 1948 in Pennsylvania?
20 people died